Faiths on Display
豆瓣
Religion, Tourism, and the Chinese State
Tim Oakes / Donald S. Sutton ed.
简介
Providing a unique perspective on China's changing relationship with religion, this groundbreaking book explores the role the Chinese state continues to play in religious revival today. Throughout China, spaces for religious expression and practice have been rebuilt, revived, and contrived for display by local officials hoping to cash in on tourist revenue. Faiths on Display argues, however, that the results of the state's instrumental approach toward religion are far from predictable. The volume explores the ways revived religious practices and commercial tourism development intersect in China, offering surprising insights into the contested nature of state governance in a rapidly transforming society.
contents
Introduction
1 Spirit Money
2 Alchemy of the Ancestors
3 Pilgrim or Tourist?
4 Making Tourists and Remaking Locals
5 Minzu, Market, and the Mandala
6 Economic Development and the Buddhist-Industrial Complex of Xishuangbanna
7 Naxi Religion in the Age of Tourism
8 Tourist Itineraries, Spatial Management, and Hidden Temples
9 The Return Visits of Overseas Chinese to Ancestral Villages in Putian, Fujian