Religious Revival in the Tibetan Borderlands - The Premi of Southwest China

Informationen zum Autor Koen Wellens is a researcher in the China Program of the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights at the University of Oslo. Klappentext This full-length study of the Premi, the first in a language other than Chinese, makes a valuable contribution to our ethnographic knowledge of Southwest China, as well as to our understanding of contemporary Chinese religious and cultural politics. Zusammenfassung This full-length study of the Premi! the first in a language other than Chinese! makes a valuable contribution to our ethnographic knowledge of Southwest China! as well as to our understanding of contemporary Chinese religious and cultural politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Stevan Harrell Preface Acknowledgments On Language and Orthography Map of Research Area in Southwest China Map of Bustling Township Introduction 1. Muli: The Political Integration of a Lama Kingdom 2. Bustling Township: A Muli Township in the Post-Mao Era 3. The Premi House: Ritual and Relatedness 4. Premi Cosmology: Ritual and the State 5. Modernity in Yunnan: Religion and the Pumizu Conclusion Epilogue Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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• Autori: Koen Wellens
• Editore: University Of Washington Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 19.11.2010
• EAN: 9780295990682
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99068-2
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China; Studies on Ethnic Groups in Ch; Studies on Ethnic Groups in China; Studies on Ethnic Groups in Ch; Studies on Ethnic Groups in ChinaStudies on Ethnic Groups in ChinaStudies on Ethnic Groups in ChinaStudies on Ethnic Groups in ChinaStudies on Ethnic Groups in ChinaReligious Revival in the Tibetan Bo
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche