TY  - BOOK
AU  - Li,Geng
TI  - Fate Calculation Experts: Diviners Seeking Legitimation in Contemporary China 
T2  - Asian Anthropologies
SN  - 9781785339943
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Divination
KW  - China
KW  - Religion and state
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Legitmation, Chinese Divination, Anthropology of China, Superstition, Fortune Telling, Contemporary China
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. The Social and Political Status of Divination in China --; Chapter 2. The Practice of Divination and Diviners --; Chapter 3. Typical Customers of Divination --; Chapter 4. The Moral Discourses of Divination --; Chapter 5. Divination as an Aspect of ‘Traditional Culture’ --; Chapter 6. Divination as Counselling --; Chapter 7. The Professionalization of Divination through Associations --; Conclusion --; References --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Having long been stigmatized as an immoral and even illegal “superstition”, the popular practice of divination is experiencing a revival in contemporary China. Fate Calculation Experts explores how diviners attempt to achieve legitimation in a society which identifies strongly with modernity, science, and rationality. As well as associating with modern knowledge production systems, diviners build a positive social image for their occupation via claims to moral authority and appeals to “tradition”. Beyond matters of image management, diviners’ efforts towards legitimation also figure in the social relationships and fundamental cultural values they develop in their practice
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781785339950?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781785339950
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781785339950/original
ER  -