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18%OFFWei-Ping Lin - Materializing Magic Power: Chinese Popular Religion in Villages and Cities (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series) - 9780674504363 - V9780674504363
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Materializing Magic Power: Chinese Popular Religion in Villages and Cities (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)

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Description for Materializing Magic Power: Chinese Popular Religion in Villages and Cities (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series) Hardcover. Through an exploration of contemporary Chinese popular religion from its cultural, social, and material perspectives, Wei-Ping Lin paints a broad picture of the dynamics of popular religion in Taiwan. Analyzing these aspects of religious practice in a unified framework, she traces their transformation as adherents move from villages to cities. Num Pages: 217 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRA; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.

Materializing Magic Power paints a broad picture of the dynamics of popular religion in Taiwan. The first book to explore contemporary Chinese popular religion from its cultural, social, and material perspectives, it analyzes these aspects of religious practice in a unified framework and traces their transformation as adherents move from villages to cities.

In this groundbreaking study, Wei-Ping Lin offers a fresh perspective on the divine power of Chinese deities as revealed in two important material forms—god statues and spirit mediums. By examining the significance of these religious manifestations, Lin identifies personification and localization as the crucial cultural mechanisms ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674504363
SKU
V9780674504363
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Wei-Ping Lin
Wei-Ping Lin is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at National Taiwan University.

Reviews for Materializing Magic Power: Chinese Popular Religion in Villages and Cities (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)
An ethnographic work that weaves together description and theoretical discussion, Materializing Magic Power demonstrates the insights we achieve when we approach religious practices from the vantage of materiality. The book will give scholars who have been working on Chinese religious practices a new and promising framework in which to revisit ethnographic and archival sources. For the novice, it gives a ... Read more

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