Lan Li

Broschiertes Buch

Popular Religion in Modern China

The New Role of Nuo

Beschreibung

This book examines the role popular religion has played in modern Chinese politics. The popular religion of Nuo will be used as an example of how the new role has enabled the religion to be directly incorporated into the Chinese Community Party's policies, to be viewed as supporting the legitimacy of the regime, and to function as a tool to enhance national cohesion and safeguard national unification. This volume provides new material on the interplay between contemporary Chinese politics, popular religion and economic development in a rapidly changing society of Mainland China.

Autor

Lan Li received her PhD in Social Anthropology from Queen's University Belfast, UK in 1998 and the research was funded by the university and the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Her doctoral thesis, entitled 'Nuo: Shamanism among the Tujia of Southwest China' studied the rise of popular religions in contemporary China and its changing role in the process of profound social transformation in post-Mao era. The thesis was later published in book form in Chinese. Her most recent publication in this area is the article entitled 'The Changing Role of the Popular Religion of Nuo in Modern Chinese Politics' which was published by Modern Asian Studies in 2010. Dr Li is a member of the British Association for Chinese Studies and the Association for Chinese Studies in Ireland. She is currently a member of staff at the Irish Institute for Chinese Studies at University College Dublin.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9781138053236
• ISBN-10: 1138053236
• Artikelnr.: 57058329