Folk Literati, Contested Tradition, and Heritage in Contemporary China: Incense Is Kept Burning

292 Pages·2020·17.724 MB·English

by  Ziying You

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Book Title: Folk Literati, Contested Tradition, and Heritage in Contemporary China
Book Subtitle: Incense Is Kept Burning
Book Author(s): Ziying You
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FOLK LITERATI, CONTESTED
TRADITION, and HERITAGE in
CONTEMPORARY CHINA
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F OL K L I T E R AT I ,
C ON T E S T E D
T R A DI T ION, and
H E R I TAG E in
C ON T E M P OR A RY
C H I NA
Incense Is Kept Burning
Ziying You
Indiana University Press
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To the brilliant and
kind villagers (laoxiang) in Hongtong,
Shanxi, China.
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Chapter Title: Table of Contents

Book Title: Folk Literati, Contested Tradition, and Heritage in Contemporary China
Book Subtitle: Incense Is Kept Burning
Book Author(s): Ziying You
Published by: Indiana University Press
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
A Note on Romanization, Chinese Characters, and English
Translation xiii
Introduction 1
1 Background: Situating Local Beliefs about Ehuang and
Nüying in Hongtong, Shanxi 29
2 Incense Is Kept Burning: The Role of Folk Literati in
Continuing and Representing Local Traditions 61
3 Contested Myth, History, and Beliefs: Worshipping Yao and
Shun at Village Temples in Hongtong 91
4 Tradition Ecology: The Debating and Remaking of Ehuang
and Nüying’s Conflict Legends by Folk Literati 121
5 Reproducing Tradition: Folk Literati, Sociocultural
Differentiation, and Their Interaction with
Other Social Actors 158
6 Making Intangible Cultural Heritage: Folklore, Tradition,
and Power 185
Conclusion 217
Appendix: In Commemoration of the Reconstruction of the
Shun Temple 223
Bibliography 229
Index 249
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