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020 _a9781785339950
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024 7 _a10.1515/9781785339950
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781785339950
035 _a(DE-B1597)637297
035 _a(OCoLC)1303469278
040 _aDE-B1597
_beng
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072 7 _aSOC002010
_2bisacsh
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aLi, Geng
_eautore
245 1 0 _aFate Calculation Experts :
_bDiviners Seeking Legitimation in Contemporary China /
_cGeng Li.
264 1 _aNew York ;
_aOxford :
_bBerghahn Books,
_c[2019]
264 4 _c©2019
300 _a1 online resource (158 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aAsian Anthropologies ;
_v9
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgements --
_tIntroduction --
_tChapter 1. The Social and Political Status of Divination in China --
_tChapter 2. The Practice of Divination and Diviners --
_tChapter 3. Typical Customers of Divination --
_tChapter 4. The Moral Discourses of Divination --
_tChapter 5. Divination as an Aspect of ‘Traditional Culture’ --
_tChapter 6. Divination as Counselling --
_tChapter 7. The Professionalization of Divination through Associations --
_tConclusion --
_tReferences --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aHaving 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.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024)
650 0 _aDivination
_zChina.
650 0 _aReligion and state
_zChina.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
_2bisacsh
653 _aLegitmation, Chinese Divination, Anthropology of China, Superstition, Fortune Telling, Contemporary China.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781785339950?locatt=mode:legacy
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781785339950
856 4 2 _3Cover
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