A01=Geng Li
Anthropology of China
Author_Geng Li
Category=JHMC
Category=VXF
Chinese Divination
Contemporary China
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Fortune Telling
Legitmation
Superstition
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- ISBN 9781785339943
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 10 Mar 2019
- Publisher: Berghahn Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Geng Li is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She received her Doctoral degree in Anthropology from the College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University. Her research interests include popular religion, ethnic groups in China, built heritage, and vernacular architecture.
