Fate calculation experts: diviners seeking legitimation in contemporary China
The social and political status of divination in China -- The practice of divination and diviners -- Typical customers of divination -- The moral discourses of divination -- Divination as an aspect of 'traditional culture' -- Divination as counselling -- The professionalization of divinati...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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WorldCat: | WorldCat |
Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Published: |
New York Oxford
Berghahn
2019
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In: |
Asian anthropologies (Volume 9)
Year: 2019 |
Series/Journal: | Asian anthropologies
Volume 9 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Fortune-telling
/ Oracle
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Further subjects: | B
Religion and state (China)
B China Civilization 2002- B Divination (China) |
Summary: | The social and political status of divination in China -- The practice of divination and diviners -- Typical customers of divination -- The moral discourses of divination -- Divination as an aspect of 'traditional culture' -- Divination as counselling -- The professionalization of divination through associations |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: | 178533994X |