Chinese Sociologics: An Anthropological Account of the Role of Alienation in Social Reproduction: LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology

List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Permissions, Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION, Chapter 2: WHY 'CULTURE'? WHY 'PRODUCTION'?, Chapter 3: HISTORY AND THE RHETORIC OF LEGITIMACY: THE MAZU CULT OF TAIWAN, Chapter 4: DIALECTICS OF ALIENATION: INDIVIDUALS AND COLLECTIVITIES IN CHINESE RELIGION, Chapter 5: POWER AND TRANSCENDENCE IN THE MAZU PILGRIMAGES OF TAIWAN, Chapter 6: 'POWER' AGAINST IDEOLOGY: A CRITIQUE OF FOUCAULTIAN USAGE, Chapter 7: WOMEN'S PRODUCTION: GENDER AND EXPLOITATION IN PATRILINEAL MODE, hapter 8: FATHERS AND SONS IN A PATRILINEAL MODE OF PRODUCTION OF DESIRE: PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE STORY OF NEZHA FROM FENGSHEN YANYI, Chapter 9: AFTERWORD: 'EXCESS', CHANGE AND THE LIMITS OF ANALYSIS, Bibliography, Index

This volume explores the links between individuals, families, communities and the state in China through ritual and myth.