Cult of the Fox Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China

Name: Cult of the Fox Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China
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ISBN: 9780231133388

ISBN-10: 0231133383

ISBN-13: 9780231133388

Edition: 2005

Authors: Xiaofei Kang

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This wide-ranging work explores the shamanistic fox cult that has attracted large portions of the Chinese population since the late sixteenth century. As a symbol, the fox inhabits the space between such opposites as male and female, young and old, divine and demonic. It blurs rigid boundaries and forces a reconsideration of conventional social structures. Although fox cults were derided as illicit from their very inception, they continue to thrive. Departing from officially sanctioned histories and examining various anecdotal literatures through the lenses of historiography, ethnography, and literary studies, Kang explores the significance of this fascinating religious phenomenon as well…

Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 12/7/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 0.69" wide x 0.95" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Xiaofei Kang is an assistant professor of history at St. Mary's College of Maryland.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments Map: The Chinese Empire in the Early Twentieth Century


Introduction



Foxes in Early Chinese Tradition



Huxian and the Spread of the Fox Cult



Foxes and Domestic Worship



Foxes and Spirit Mediums



Foxes and Local Cults



Fox Spirits and Officials


Conclusion


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index