Religion, Ethnicity, and Gender in Western Hunan during the Modern Era: The Dao among the Miao?

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Paul R. Katz (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Religion, Ethnicity, and Gender in Western Hunan during the Modern Era

The Dao among the Miao?

Paul R. Katz (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

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Routledge
31 May 2023

Regional studies; General & world history; Asian history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Non-Western philosophy; Religion: general; Taoism; Cultural studies

Series: Academia Sinica on East Asia

This book explores how beliefs and practices have shaped the interactions between different ethnic groups in Western Hunan, as well as considering how religious life has adapted to the challenges of modern Chinese history.

Combining historical and ethnographic methodologies, chapters in this book are structured around changes that occurred during the interaction between Miao ritual traditions and religions such as Daoism, with particular focus on the commonalities and differences seen between Western Hunan and other areas of Southwest China. In addition, investigation is made into how gender and ethnicity have shaped such processes, and what these phenomena can teach about larger questions of modern Chinese history. As such, this study transcends existing scholarship on Western Hunan – which has stressed the impact of state policies and elite agendas – by focusing instead on the roles played by ritual specialists. Such findings call into question conventional wisdom about the ‘standardization’ of Chinese culture, as well as the integration of local society into the state by means of written texts.

Religion, Ethnicity, and Gender in Western Hunan during the Modern Era will prove valuable to students and scholars of history, ethnography, anthropology, ethnic studies, and Asian studies more broadly.

By: Paul R. Katz (Academia Sinica Taiwan)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 462g
ISBN: 9781032066448
ISBN 10: 103206644X
Series: Academia Sinica on East Asia
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 31 May 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Western Hunan: An Overview 2. Temple Cults 3. Ritual Specialists 4. Ritual Violence and the Judicial Continuum: 5. Female Mediums and Rites of Resistance 6. The Incense Dancing Festival 7. Repaying a Nuo Vow

Paul R. Katz is Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, and Program Director of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. His research centers on modern Chinese religious life, with his most recent monograph (Religion in China and its Modern Fate) published in early 2014.

Reviews for Religion, Ethnicity, and Gender in Western Hunan during the Modern Era: The Dao among the Miao?

This book stands out for Katz’s utter mastery of secondary literature on religion in Hunan and the Southwest, his use of Western Hunan as a case study to challenge existing models of Chinese religion, and his keen attention to processes of religious transformation through the theoretical innovations of reverberation and trans-hybridity. Megan Bryson, University of Tennessee, USA