Maoism and grassroots religion : the Communist revolution and the reinvention of religious life in China / Xiaoxuan Wang.
2020
BL1803 .W364 2020
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Title
Maoism and grassroots religion : the Communist revolution and the reinvention of religious life in China / Xiaoxuan Wang.
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ISBN
9780190069414 (electronic book)
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (232 pages).
Call Number
BL1803 .W364 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
200.9510904
Summary
This book explores grassroots religious life under and after Mao in Rui'an County, Wenzhou, in southeastern China, a region widely known for its religious vitality. Drawing on hitherto unexplored local state archives, records of religious institutions, memoirs, and interviews, it tells the story of local communities' encounters with the Communist revolution, and their consequences, especially the competitions and struggles for religious property and ritual space. It demonstrates that, rather than being totally disrupted, religious life under Mao was characterized by remarkable variance and unevenness and was contingent on the interactions of local dynamics with Maoist campaigns-including the land reform, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.
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This book explores grassroots religious life under and after Mao in Rui'an County, Wenzhou, in southeastern China, a region widely known for its religious vitality. Drawing on hitherto unexplored local state archives, records of religious institutions, memoirs, and interviews, it tells the story of local communities' encounters with the Communist revolution, and their consequences, especially the competitions and struggles for religious property and ritual space. It demonstrates that, rather than being totally disrupted, religious life under Mao was characterized by remarkable variance and unevenness and was contingent on the interactions of local dynamics with Maoist campaigns-including the land reform, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 31, 2020).
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Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780190069384
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