Rethinking the "Magic State" in China: Political Imagination and Magical Practice in Rural Beijing
Rethinking the "Magic State" in China: Political Imagination and Magical Practice in Rural Beijing
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Nagoya: Nanzan University
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This paper discusses the local imagination of the Chinese state in rural Beijing using ethnographic evidence. In particular, it examines the process by which the state is internalized in people's lives through local magical practices and collective memories of traditional rituals, geomancy, and spirit possessions. I argue that the magical aspect of...
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Rethinking the "Magic State" in China: Political Imagination and Magical Practice in Rural Beijing
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1882-6865
