1st Edition

Chinese Sociologics An Anthropological Account of the Role of Alienation in Social Reproduction

By P. Steven Sangren Copyright 2000
    346 Pages
    by Routledge

    346 Pages
    by Routledge

    This volume explores the links between individuals, families, communities and the state in China through ritual and myth.

    List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Permissions, Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION, Chapter 2: WHY 'CULTURE'? WHY 'PRODUCTION'?, Chapter 3: HISTORY AND THE RHETORIC OF LEGITIMACY: THE MAZU CULT OF TAIWAN, Chapter 4: DIALECTICS OF ALIENATION: INDIVIDUALS AND COLLECTIVITIES IN CHINESE RELIGION, Chapter 5: POWER AND TRANSCENDENCE IN THE MAZU PILGRIMAGES OF TAIWAN, Chapter 6: 'POWER' AGAINST IDEOLOGY: A CRITIQUE OF FOUCAULTIAN USAGE, Chapter 7: WOMEN'S PRODUCTION: GENDER AND EXPLOITATION IN PATRILINEAL MODE, hapter 8: FATHERS AND SONS IN A PATRILINEAL MODE OF PRODUCTION OF DESIRE: PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE STORY OF NEZHA FROM FENGSHEN YANYI, Chapter 9: AFTERWORD: 'EXCESS', CHANGE AND THE LIMITS OF ANALYSIS, Bibliography, Index

    Biography

    P. Steven Sangren (Author)