Anthropology and Historiography: A Deconstructive Analysis of K. C. Chang’s Shamanic Approach in Chinese Archaeology

The hypothesis of ancient Chinese shamanism popularized by K. C. Chang in the 1980s has long been one of the central problems in the study of Chinese archaeology. By examining the structures that constitute Chang’s shamanic framework, this article argues that the problem centers around two major iss...

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Main Author: Qu, Feng (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Numen
Year: 2017, Volume: 64, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 497-544
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Chang, Kwang-chih 1931-2001 / China / Shamanism / Historiography / Archaeology / Cultural anthropology
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
BB Indigenous religions
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Shamanism Chinese archaeology K. C. Chang historiography
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)