Edward L. Davis. Society and the Supernatural in Song China.(Book Review)

From: China Review International | Date: September 22, 2002| Author: Ditmanson, Peter | Copyright information

Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2001. xi, 355 PP. Hardcover $60.00, ISBN 0-8248-2310-9. Paperback $29.95, ISBN 0-8248-2398-2.

Society and the Supernatural in Song China is an intricate and extensive ground-breaking study of spirit possession and shifting religious practices in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Edward Davis explores the patterns and the details of how people in this period communicated with supernatural forces. Moreover, he explores the nexus ...

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