The path to Sun village : gods, ghosts, and people in a post-revolutionary society
Title:
The path to Sun village : gods, ghosts, and people in a post-revolutionary society
Sun Cun de lu. Chinese
The social sciences of practice ;
Social sciences of practice ;
Author:
Wu, Chongqing, author.
ISBN:
9789004348714
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Uniform Title:
Sun Cun de lu. Chinese
Physical Description:
xv, 311 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Series:
The social sciences of practice ; volume 4
Social sciences of practice ; v. 4.
Contents:
Preface: a village path alongside China's highway of development -- Intermarriage spheres and affinal networks -- Intermarriage spheres : social change and the expansion and contraction of intermarriage regions -- The realms of yin and yang -- Synchronic communities : gods, ghosts, and people in a post-revolutionary era -- Efficacy depending on faith : the scope and cycles of tongji power.
Abstract:
This book is a product of over ten years of work. It addresses intermarriage circles, transformations of customs, the rise and fall supernatural forces, power relations among gods, ghosts and people in?synchronic communities,? and 'tongxiangtongye' (same hometown, same industry) economies based on rural sociocultural networks in the author?s native Sun Village in Putian. The author explores the details of microhistory by examining changes and continuities in everyday life to show the grand through the minute. This exciting book possesses important theoretical significance, including reflections on binary frameworks such as state vs. society and tradition vs. modernity or revolution, along with new arguments about commonly used concepts such as?the cultural nexus of power? and?the hollowing-out of the rural.?
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805:
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