The Market and Temple Fairs of Rural China : Red Fire (Hardcover)

Part I: Background and Setting  1. Conceptual Framework  2. The field site ? the Jinhua region ? the geographic, historical and political economic background 3. Religion in Jinhua  and Perspectives for Understanding it 4. Temple Fairs in Chinese History and Chinese Folklore Studies  Part II: Unraveling the strands of the total social phenomenon  5. Secular Fairs - The Commercial/Economic dimension  6. The Popular cultural dimension  7. More Popular Culture - Wuju (Jinhua opera)  8. The Religious Dimension - the temple fair of Hugong Dadi 9. The Political Dimension ? Macro and Micro  10. Fotang Town: the Resacralization of a Commercial Fair 11. Conclusions