Voices from the underworld : Chinese hell deity worship in contemporary Singapore and Malaysia /
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Author / Creator: | Graham, Fabian, author. |
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Imprint: | Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020. ©2020 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 259 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). |
Language: | English |
Series: | Alternative sinology Alternative sinology. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13585989 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. Setting the scene. 1. The modern Underworld tradition ; 2. Analysis: a baseline of comparison ; 3. The historical development of Underworld cosmology
- Part II. The Underworld tradition in Singapore. 4. Yu Feng Nan Fu Xuanshan Miao: setting a baseline of comparison ; 5. A new Underworld God of Wealth, and, foetus assistance rituals in Singapore ; 6. Lunar Seventh Month: the centrality of graveyards in the Underworld tradition
- Part III. The Underworld tradition in Malaysia. 7 Malaysia and the party spirit: Guanxi and the creation of 'intentional' communities ; 8. Seventh Month rituals in southern Malaysia: salvation rituals and 'Ah Pek' parties ; 9. Seventh Month rituals in central Malaysia: coffin rituals and the releasing of exorcised spirits
- Part IV. Tracing the origins of the modern Underworld tradition. 10. Anxi Chenghuangmiao and cultural flows of local mythology ; 11. Penang: the earliest recollections of Tua Di Ya Pek embodied ; 12. Conclusions and analysis.