ISBN:
9781800738133
Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (374 p)
Edition:
1st edition
Series Statement:
Asian Anthropologies 14
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Keywords:
Anthropology (General), Anthropology of Religion, Sociology
Abstract:
From housewives to students and high-ranking officials, people from all social backgrounds in China and Taiwan visit fate calculation masters to learn about their destiny. How do clients assess the diviner's skills? How does one become a fortune-teller? How is a person's fate calculated? The Art of Fate Calculation explores how conceptions of fate circulate in Chinese and Taiwanese societies while resisting uniformization and institutionalization. This is not only due to the stigma of "superstition" but also to the internal dynamic of fate calculation practice and learning
Description / Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Michael Lackner -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Clients of Divinatory Services: Societal Issues and Consultation Experiences (Taipei) -- Chapter 2. Divinatory Arts Specialists: Taipei's "World of Divination": Historical Development, Claims, and Reforms -- Chapter 3. Fate Calculation Techniques: Contemporary Reformulations of a Traditional Knowledge on the Individual and Their Environment -- Chapter 4. Professional Practitioners in Beijing: Institutional and Cultural Legitimacy of Professional Diviners in Mainland China (Beijing) -- Chapter 5. Amateur Practitioners and Shared Knowledge: Everyday Knowledge and Modes of Transmission (Kaifeng) -- Conclusion: Trust and Standardization -- Appendix I: Brief History of the Ziwei Doushu Method -- Appendix II: Ziwei Doushu Schools in Taiwan -- Appendix III: Correspondence Tables in the Ziwei Doushu Method -- Glossary of Chinese Terms -- References -- Index
Note:
Zielgruppe: Professional and scholarly
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