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Steps of Perfection

Exorcistic Performers and Chinese Religion in Twentieth-Century Taiwan

By: Donald S. Sutton

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Steps of Perfection

Exorcistic Performers and Chinese Religion in Twentieth-Century Taiwan

By: Donald S. Sutton

Despite Taiwan’s rise as an economic force in the world, modernity has not led to a Weberian process of disenchantment or curbed religiosity. To the contrary, other factors—social, economic, political—have stimulated religion. How and why this has happened are central issues in this book. One part of Taiwan’s flourishing religious culture is the elaborate and colorful procession of local gods accompanied by troupes of musicians and dancers. Among them are performers with outlandishly painted faces portraying underworld generals who serve the gods and punish the living. Through their performances, these troupes claim to exorcise harmful forces from the community. In conducting fieldwork among these troupes, Donald Sutton confronted their claims to a long history—when all evidence indicated that the troupes had been insignificant until the 1970s—and their assertions of devotion to tradition given the diversity of performances. Concentrating on the stylistic variations in performances, the author describes the troupes as organizations shaped by the “market forces” of supply and demand in the culture of religious festivals. By focusing on performances as the nexus of market and art, he shows how bodily performance is the site where religious statements are made and the power of the gods made visible.

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445

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BRILL

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1684173787

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9781684173785

Contesting the Yellow Dragon

Ethnicity, Religion, and the State in the Sino-Tibetan Borderland, 1379-2009

By: Xiaofei Kang,Donald S. Sutton

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Contesting the Yellow Dragon

Ethnicity, Religion, and the State in the Sino-Tibetan Borderland, 1379-2009

By: Xiaofei Kang,Donald S. Sutton

Winner of the 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award This book is the first long-term study of the Sino-Tibetan borderland. It traces relationships and mutual influence among Tibetans, Chinese, Hui Muslims, Qiang and others over some 600 years, focusing on the old Chinese garrison city of Songpan and the nearby religious center of Huanglong, or Yellow Dragon. Combining historical research and fieldwork, Xiaofei Kang and Donald Sutton examine the cultural politics of northern Sichuan from early Ming through Communist revolution to the age of global tourism, bringing to light creative local adaptations in culture, ethnicity and religion as successive regimes in Beijing struggle to control and transform this distant frontier.

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505

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BRILL

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9004319239

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9789004319233

Pediatric Allergy: Principles and Practice E-Book

By: Donald Y. M. Leung,Hugh Sampson,Raif Geha,Stanley J. Szefler

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Pediatric Allergy: Principles and Practice E-Book

By: Donald Y. M. Leung,Hugh Sampson,Raif Geha,Stanley J. Szefler

Pediatric Allergy supplies the comprehensive guidance you need to diagnose, manage, and treat virtually any type of allergy seen in children. Drs. Leung, Sampson, Geha, and Szefler present the new full-color second edition, with coverage of the diagnosis and management of anaphylaxis, the immune mechanisms underlying allergic disease, the latest diagnostic tests, and more. Treat the full range of pediatric allergic and immunologic diseases through clinically focused coverage relevant to both allergists and pediatricians. Understand the care and treatment of pediatric patients thanks to clinical pearls discussing the best approaches. Easily refer to appendices that list common food allergies and autoantibodies in autoimmune diseases. Apply the newest diagnostic tests available—for asthma, upper respiratory allergy, and more—and know their benefits and contraindications. Treat the allergy at its source rather than the resulting reactions through an understanding of the immune mechanisms underlying allergic diseases. Get coverage of new research that affects methods of patient treatment and discusses potential reasons for increased allergies in some individuals. Better manage potential anaphylaxis cases through analysis of contributing facts and progression of allergic disease. Effectively control asthma and monitor its progression using the new step-by-step approach. Eliminate difficulty in prescribing antibiotics thanks to coverage of drug allergies and cross-reactivity.

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705

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1437737781

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9781437737783

The Courthouses of Texas

By: Mavis P. Kelsey,Donald H. Dyal

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The Courthouses of Texas

By: Mavis P. Kelsey,Donald H. Dyal

A county courthouse stands not only as the center of government, but also as the center of civic pride. Some with stately towers and arched doors or windows, some with high brick chimneys and mansard roofs, some in modern concrete and glass, the 254 courthouses of Texas provide an invitation to public life, a testament to the ideal of justice, and an introduction to period architecture. It is no wonder, then, that many tourists each year visit these edifices. This new edition of a classic, indispensable, full-color guide—a true collector’s item for Texas history fans—will help travelers choose which courthouses they want to add to their trips and view them knowledgeably. For each county a color photograph pictures the courthouse and an account sketches the sequence of the seats of government, the location and style of the current building, and tidbits of fascinating lore about county and county seat names and history. Courthouses and the “squares” around many of them offer a bonanza for history buffs, antique collectors, genealogists, architecture enthusiasts, and photographers. Many of them house or are near local history museums, and many display historical markers that introduce the area to visitors. Especially in many smaller county seats, the courthouse square offers a genre scene of a special moment in Texas’ life. Included in this updated edition are the latest views of some of Texas’ most historic and architecturally significant courthouses, including those restored under the Texas Historical Commission’s Historic Courthouse Preservation Program. For all those who plan their travels to see courthouses, and all those who in their travels for other reasons enjoy detours into the heritage and pride of a people, this beautiful and informative book opens the way.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1585445495

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9781585445493

Steps of Perfection

Exorcistic Performers and Chinese Religion in Twentieth-century Taiwan

By: Donald S. Sutton

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Steps of Perfection

Exorcistic Performers and Chinese Religion in Twentieth-century Taiwan

By: Donald S. Sutton

Preliminary Material /Donalds Sutton --The Festivals of Southern Taiwan /Donalds Sutton --Spaces: Sacred, Ritualized, and Everyday Landscapes /Donalds Sutton --Places: Nine Troupes in Their Local Settings /Donalds Sutton --Meanings: Iconography and Mythology /Donalds Sutton --Rituals: The Making of Divine Warriors /Donalds Sutton --Choreography: Cosmic Variations /Donalds Sutton --History I: From the Five Emperors of Fuzhou to the Five Schools under Japanese Rule (1646-1947) /Donalds Sutton --History II. A New Market for Dancers and Self-Mortifiers under the Guomindang (1947-87) /Donalds Sutton --Festival Performers and Their Changing Audience /Donalds Sutton --The 1781 Stele of the Fuzhou Bailongan (White Dragon Shrine): 1983 Jiayi Copy /Donalds Sutton --On the Extinct Dance of the Five Phases: A Plausible Reconstruction of Third-Century B+C+E+ Yinyang Ritual /Donalds Sutton --The Guomindang Cosmography of Street Names /Donalds Sutton --Notes /Donalds Sutton --Bibliography /Donalds Sutton --Character List /Donalds Sutton --Index /Donalds Sutton --Harvard East Asian Monographs /Donalds Sutton.

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Harvard Univ Asia Center

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0674010973

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9780674010970

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Pediatric Allergy: Principles and Practice E-Book

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