Popular Culture in Late Imperial China

1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith A. Berling ◽  
James Hayes ◽  
Robert E. Hegel ◽  
Leo Ou-fan Lee ◽  
Victor H. Mair ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Late Imperial China ◽  
Late Imperial ◽  
Imperial China

Popular Culture in Late Imperial China

1987 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 723
Author(s):  
Paul A. Cohen ◽  
David Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Late Imperial China ◽  
Late Imperial ◽  
Imperial China

Popular Culture in Late Imperial China.

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 328
Author(s):  
David Gedalecia ◽  
David Johnson ◽  
Andrew J. Nathan ◽  
Evelyn S. Rawski
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Late Imperial China ◽  
Late Imperial ◽  
Imperial China

scholarly journals National Gods and Local Contexts: Distinguishing the Five Emperors and the Five Manifestations in Late Imperial China

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-79
Author(s):  
Michael Szonyi
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Late Imperial China ◽  
Late Imperial ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
Imperial China ◽  
Local Cultures

Abstract Many scholars of late imperial China have argued that the imperial state's sanctioning of certain cults was an important factor in the standardization of Chinese culture. This paper is a case study of the Five Emperors, a local cult which was not only not sanctioned, but actively suppressed by state officials. In response, worshippers of thecult concealed their deities behind the Five Manifestations, a cult which was state sanctioned. But the cult retained distinctive rituals, iconography, and representations in local popular culture. The conflation of the Five Emperors with other trans-local cultures demonstrates that the standardization of Chinese culture was often only illusory, concealing enduring local distinctiveness.

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