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The Art of Fate Calculation - Practicing Divination in Taipei, Beijing, and Kaifeng (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,329
Discovery Miles 33 290
The Art of Fate Calculation - Practicing Divination in Taipei, Beijing, and Kaifeng (Hardcover): Stephanie Homola

The Art of Fate Calculation - Practicing Divination in Taipei, Beijing, and Kaifeng (Hardcover)

Stephanie Homola

Series: Asian Anthropologies

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From housewives to students and high-ranking officials, people from all social backgrounds in China and Taiwan visit fate calculation masters to learn about their destiny. How do clients assess the diviner's skills? How does one become a fortune-teller? How is a person's fate calculated? The Art of Fate Calculation explores how conceptions of fate circulate in Chinese and Taiwanese societies while resisting uniformization and institutionalization. This is not only due to the stigma of "superstition" but also to the internal dynamic of fate calculation practice and learning.

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Imprint: Berghahn Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Asian Anthropologies
Release date: 2023
Authors: Stephanie Homola
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 978-1-80073-812-6
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Customs
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
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LSN: 1-80073-812-9
Barcode: 9781800738126

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