The Cult of the Fox

Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 19th Century, Asian, China
Cover of the book The Cult of the Fox by Xiaofei Kang, Columbia University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Xiaofei Kang ISBN: 9780231508223
Publisher: Columbia University Press Publication: December 7, 2005
Imprint: Columbia University Press Language: English
Author: Xiaofei Kang
ISBN: 9780231508223
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication: December 7, 2005
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Language: English

For more than five centuries the shamanistic fox cult has attracted large portions of the Chinese population and appealed to a wide range of social classes. Deemed illicit by imperial rulers and clerics and officially banned by republican and communist leaders, the fox cult has managed to survive and flourish in individual homes and community shrines throughout northern China. In this new work, the first to examine the fox cult as a vibrant popular religion, Xiaofei Kang explores the manifold meanings of the fox spirit in Chinese society. Kang describes various cult practices, activities of worship, and the exorcising of fox spirits to reveal how the Chinese people constructed their cultural and social values outside the gaze of offical power and morality.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

For more than five centuries the shamanistic fox cult has attracted large portions of the Chinese population and appealed to a wide range of social classes. Deemed illicit by imperial rulers and clerics and officially banned by republican and communist leaders, the fox cult has managed to survive and flourish in individual homes and community shrines throughout northern China. In this new work, the first to examine the fox cult as a vibrant popular religion, Xiaofei Kang explores the manifold meanings of the fox spirit in Chinese society. Kang describes various cult practices, activities of worship, and the exorcising of fox spirits to reveal how the Chinese people constructed their cultural and social values outside the gaze of offical power and morality.

More books from Columbia University Press

Cover of the book A Communion of Subjects by Xiaofei Kang
Cover of the book Freedom and the Self by Xiaofei Kang
Cover of the book Pandora’s Risk by Xiaofei Kang
Cover of the book The Columbia Sourcebook of Literary Taiwan by Xiaofei Kang
Cover of the book Signs and Wonders by Xiaofei Kang
Cover of the book The Untold Journey by Xiaofei Kang
Cover of the book Mountains Painted with Turmeric by Xiaofei Kang
Cover of the book Our Forest, Your Ecosystem, Their Timber by Xiaofei Kang
Cover of the book Abominable Science! by Xiaofei Kang
Cover of the book The Madhouse Effect by Xiaofei Kang
Cover of the book Paleoclimates by Xiaofei Kang
Cover of the book The Matthew Effect by Xiaofei Kang
Cover of the book Rational Investing by Xiaofei Kang
Cover of the book The Vital Illusion by Xiaofei Kang
Cover of the book A Nation Like All Others by Xiaofei Kang
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy