ISBN:
9789004348714
,
9789004348721
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 311 Seiten
Series Statement:
The social sciences of practice Volume 4
Series Statement:
The social sciences of practice
Uniform Title:
Sun Cun de lu : hou ge ming shi dai de ren gui shen
Parallel Title:
Online version Wu, Chongqing Path to Sun village
Keywords:
Alltag, Brauchtum
;
Geschichte
;
Social change / China / History / 21st century
;
China / Social life and customs / History / 21st century
;
Power (Social sciences) / History / 21st century
;
Communities / China / History / 21st century
;
Communities
;
Manners and customs
;
Power (Social sciences)
;
Social change
;
China
;
2000-2099
;
History
Abstract:
This book is a product of over ten years of work. It addresses intermarriage circles, transformations of customs, the rise and fall supernatural forces, power relations among gods, ghosts and people in ?synchronic communities,? and 'tongxiangtongye' (same hometown, same industry) economies based on rural sociocultural networks in the author?s native Sun Village in Putian. The author explores the details of microhistory by examining changes and continuities in everyday life to show the grand through the minute. This exciting book possesses important theoretical significance, including reflections on binary frameworks such as state vs. society and tradition vs. modernity or revolution, along with new arguments about commonly used concepts such as ?the cultural nexus of power? and ?the hollowing-out of the rural.?
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface: a village path alongside China's highway of development -- Intermarriage spheres and affinal networks -- Intermarriage spheres : social change and the expansion and contraction of intermarriage regions -- The realms of yin and yang -- Synchronic communities : gods, ghosts, and people in a post-revolutionary era -- Efficacy depending on faith : the scope and cycles of tongji power
Note:
1708
Permalink