The Path to Sun Village: Gods, Ghosts, and People in a Post-Revolutionary Society: The Social Sciences of Practice, cartea 4
Autor Chongqing Wu Traducere de Matthew A. Haleen Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 iul 2017
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.”
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789004348714
ISBN-10: 9004348719
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria The Social Sciences of Practice
ISBN-10: 9004348719
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria The Social Sciences of Practice
Cuprins
Preface: A Village Path alongside China’s Highway of Development
List of Illustrations
1 Intermarriage Spheres and Affinal Networks
Part 1: Intermarriage Spheres: Social Change and the Expansion and Contraction of Intermarriage Regions
The Rural Social Space of Sun Village
The Situation of Intermarriage and Its Revision of “Common Sense”
Why the Distance of Intermarriage is Shrinking
Part 2: Affinal Networks: Continuity and Transformation in the Conventions of Marriage and Affinal Relations
Old Conventions in the Mao Era: Protecting Traditional Core Values of Marriage and the Family
“Walking Rites”: The Goodness of Uniting Two Surnames
Changing Conventions in the “Era of Black Marriages” and Thereafter
Conclusion: From “Many Branches” to “Deep Roots”
2 The Realms of Yin and Yang
Part 1: Synchronic Communities: Gods, Ghosts, and People in a Post-revolutionary Era
From the Imperial to the Post-revolutionary Era
“We are Both Wretched Vagabonds in a Strange Land”
“Fallen to the Earth and Crushed to Dust, Only the Fragrance Remains”
When the Boundary between Yin and Yang is Breached: The Persistence of Affective Bonds between Ghosts and the Living
Synchronic Communities
Appendix to Part 1 of Chapter 2
part 2: Efficacy Depending on Faith: The Scope and Cycles of Tongji Power
The Vast Distance between Heaven and the Living
“My Identity as a Woman”
Preference for Secular over Supernatural Decision-Making
The Authority of Each Medium Lasts Two or Three Years
Part 3: Pretending that Gods Exist: Relations between People and Gods in Collective Rituals
Block Divination
Yuanxiao at Yongjin Temple
Welcoming the Gods
“Going Out to Run around the Territory”
“Running Across the Arena” and “Calming Down to Dismount”
“Selecting the Next Year’s Ritual Heads”
Distributing “Boy Biscuits”
The Utilitarianization of Supernatural Relations in Collective Rituals
Part 4: A Thin Interface: The “Balanced Rationality” among Gods, People, and Horses
Keeping Pace to Entertain Gods: From “Using Horses for Work” to “Using Horses for Ritual”
The Tracks of a Thousand Troops and Ten Thousand Horses: “Horse Agents” and “Horse-Leaders”
In the Spring, Hooves Gallop Gaily: Horse-Leaders, Horse Markets, and Clients during Yuanxiao
Those on Horseback Cannot See the Situation on the Ground: Horse-Leaders, Horses, and Gods
Society and Culture as Matrix
3 Building Roads: “The Cultural Nexus of Power”
Accounting and the State
The Weakening of Popular Authority before 1949
Political Consolidation and the Resurgence of Religious Authority (1949–1985)
The Interaction between Popular Authorities and State Brokers (1986 to the Present)
4 “Beyond the Boundary”: A Countermovement to the Hollowing-out of Rural China
Social Networks in a Peripheral Region
From Periphery to Center: The On-site Concentration of Dajin Resources
Gaining the Upper Hand through Hometown-Based Economic Networks
The Mutual Activation of Rural Social Resources and Tongxiang Tongye Economy
A Countermovement against the “Hollowing-Out” of Rural China
Appendix: A Micro-History of Rural Society: Sun Village before and during the Revolutionary Period
i Livelihood
ii Epidemics
iii Clans
iv Water Resource Management
v “People’s Schools”
vi “Able-Bodied Men”
vii “Personages”
viii Modern Schools
ix Bandits
x Land Reform
xi “Fording the Famine”
xii The “Socialist Education” Campaign
xiii The Cultural Revolution
Postscript
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
1 Intermarriage Spheres and Affinal Networks
Part 1: Intermarriage Spheres: Social Change and the Expansion and Contraction of Intermarriage Regions
The Rural Social Space of Sun Village
The Situation of Intermarriage and Its Revision of “Common Sense”
Why the Distance of Intermarriage is Shrinking
Part 2: Affinal Networks: Continuity and Transformation in the Conventions of Marriage and Affinal Relations
Old Conventions in the Mao Era: Protecting Traditional Core Values of Marriage and the Family
“Walking Rites”: The Goodness of Uniting Two Surnames
Changing Conventions in the “Era of Black Marriages” and Thereafter
Conclusion: From “Many Branches” to “Deep Roots”
2 The Realms of Yin and Yang
Part 1: Synchronic Communities: Gods, Ghosts, and People in a Post-revolutionary Era
From the Imperial to the Post-revolutionary Era
“We are Both Wretched Vagabonds in a Strange Land”
“Fallen to the Earth and Crushed to Dust, Only the Fragrance Remains”
When the Boundary between Yin and Yang is Breached: The Persistence of Affective Bonds between Ghosts and the Living
Synchronic Communities
Appendix to Part 1 of Chapter 2
part 2: Efficacy Depending on Faith: The Scope and Cycles of Tongji Power
The Vast Distance between Heaven and the Living
“My Identity as a Woman”
Preference for Secular over Supernatural Decision-Making
The Authority of Each Medium Lasts Two or Three Years
Part 3: Pretending that Gods Exist: Relations between People and Gods in Collective Rituals
Block Divination
Yuanxiao at Yongjin Temple
Welcoming the Gods
“Going Out to Run around the Territory”
“Running Across the Arena” and “Calming Down to Dismount”
“Selecting the Next Year’s Ritual Heads”
Distributing “Boy Biscuits”
The Utilitarianization of Supernatural Relations in Collective Rituals
Part 4: A Thin Interface: The “Balanced Rationality” among Gods, People, and Horses
Keeping Pace to Entertain Gods: From “Using Horses for Work” to “Using Horses for Ritual”
The Tracks of a Thousand Troops and Ten Thousand Horses: “Horse Agents” and “Horse-Leaders”
In the Spring, Hooves Gallop Gaily: Horse-Leaders, Horse Markets, and Clients during Yuanxiao
Those on Horseback Cannot See the Situation on the Ground: Horse-Leaders, Horses, and Gods
Society and Culture as Matrix
3 Building Roads: “The Cultural Nexus of Power”
Accounting and the State
The Weakening of Popular Authority before 1949
Political Consolidation and the Resurgence of Religious Authority (1949–1985)
The Interaction between Popular Authorities and State Brokers (1986 to the Present)
4 “Beyond the Boundary”: A Countermovement to the Hollowing-out of Rural China
Social Networks in a Peripheral Region
From Periphery to Center: The On-site Concentration of Dajin Resources
Gaining the Upper Hand through Hometown-Based Economic Networks
The Mutual Activation of Rural Social Resources and Tongxiang Tongye Economy
A Countermovement against the “Hollowing-Out” of Rural China
Appendix: A Micro-History of Rural Society: Sun Village before and during the Revolutionary Period
i Livelihood
ii Epidemics
iii Clans
iv Water Resource Management
v “People’s Schools”
vi “Able-Bodied Men”
vii “Personages”
viii Modern Schools
ix Bandits
x Land Reform
xi “Fording the Famine”
xii The “Socialist Education” Campaign
xiii The Cultural Revolution
Postscript
Bibliography
Notă biografică
Wu Chongqing, Ph.D. (1991), Sun Yat-sen University, is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at that university, Director of South China Rural Research Centre, and Editor-in-Chief of Open Times. He has edited Mapping China: Peasants, Migrant Workers and Informal Labor (Brill, 2016).