Readings for Unit 2: Folk Religion

Wednesday, April 3:
Harrell, "The Concept of Soul in Chinese Folk Religion," Journal of Asian Studies, 1978 (e-reserve)
Wolf, Arthur P. "Gods, Ghosts, and Ancestors" in Wolf, ed., Religion and Ritual (e-reserve)
Watson, James L. "Rites or Beliefs: The Construction of a Unified Culture in Late Imperial China." (e-reserve)

Monday, April 8:
Ahern, Cult of the Dead, pp. 3-16, 91-138 (e-reserve)
Freedman, Maurice, "Ancestor Worship: Two Facets of the Chinese Case" (e-reserve)
Li Yih-yuan, "Chinese Geomancy and Ancestor Worship" in William H. Newell, ed., Ancestors (e-reserve)

Wednesday, April 10
Sangren, P. Steven, "History and the Rhetoric of Legitimacy" (e-reserve)
Duara, Prasenjit, "Superscribing Symbols: the Myth of Guandi" (e-reserve).

Monday, April 15:
Potter, Jack M., "Cantonese Shamanism" in Wolf, R. and R. (e-reserve).

Wednesday, April 17:
Weller, Unities and Diversities,in Chinese Religion, pp. 61-89 (e-reserve)
Harrell, Stevan, "Men, Women, and Ghosts in Taiwanese Folk Religion" (e-reserve)

Monday, April 22:
No readings for today; just stories to listen to and catching-up time.

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