ISBN: 9789882371897 - knotting the banner: ritual and relationship in daoist practice (new daoist studies) (8 Ergebnisse)

Black and white photographic illustrations, xv + 350pp, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. As new hardback copy in dustjacket. In the hills of China's central Hunan province, an anxious young apprentice officiates over a Daoist ritual known as the Banner Rite to Summon Sire Yin. This richly textured study asks how the Banner Rite works or fails to work in its own terms. Weaving together ethnography, textual analysis, photography, and film, David J. Mozina shows that the efficacy of rituals like the Banner Rite is driven by the ability of a ritual master to form an intimate relationship with exorcistic deities like Yin Jiao, which is far from guaranteed. Mozina reveals the ways in which such ritual claims are rooted in the great liturgical movements of the Song and Yuan dynasties (960-1368) and how they are performed these days amid the social and economic pressures of rural life in the post-Mao era. (Adapted from publisher's description).…

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 368 pages. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. xv, 348 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Summary:Adds richly not only to understanding of the unique form of Daoism in Central Hunan today, but to the entire fashi tradition that rose to prominence in the Song Yuan. This richly textured study asks how the Banner Rite works or fails to work in its own terms.…

Zustand: New. Adds richly not only to understanding of the unique form of Daoism in Central Hunan today, but to the entire fashi tradition that rose to prominence in the Song Yuan. This richly textured study asks how the Banner Rite works or fails to work in its own terms.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New.