TY  - GEN
T1  - Voices from the underworld : Chinese hell deity worship in contemporary Singapore and Malaysia
T2  - Alternative sinology.
A1  - Graham, Fabian
A2  - Zheng, Yangwen
A2  - Madsen, Richard, 1941-
LA  - English
PP  - Manchester
PB  - Manchester University Press
YR  - 2020
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1230566559
AB  - Voices from the Underworld' focuses on Singapore and Malaysia's contemporary Chinese Underworld traditions where Hell deities are now amongst the most commonly venerated deities on altars and when channelled through spirit mediums. Intended for academics, lecturers, students, and those intrigued with Chinese culture, while highlighting the Taoist and Buddhist cosmologies upon which present-day beliefs and practices are based, the ethnography provides readers with unique insights into the lived tradition.0Embracing ontological and dialogic approaches to religious phenomena, alterity is taken seriously, and practitioner's beliefs interpreted without bias. The emic voice is literally heard through first-person dialogues between the author and channelled Underworld deities throughout the ethnography. This alternative approach challenges wider present-day discourse concerning the interrelationships between sociocultural and spiritual worlds.
OP  - 259
CN  - GR265 .G73 2020
SN  - 9781526140593
SN  - 1526140594
SN  - 1526140586
SN  - 9781526140586
SN  - 9781526140579
SN  - 1526140578
KW  - Gods, Chinese : Malaysia.
KW  - Gods, Chinese : Singapore.
KW  - Folk religion : China.
KW  - Demonology : Asia.
KW  - Dieux chinois : Malaisie.
KW  - Dieux chinois : Singapour.
KW  - Religion populaire : Chine.
KW  - Démonologie : Asie.
KW  - RELIGION / General
KW  - Demonology
KW  - Folk religion
KW  - Gods, Chinese
KW  - Asia
KW  - China
KW  - Malaysia
KW  - Singapore
KW  - Social & cultural anthropology : ethnography.
KW  - Anthropology of religion.
KW  - Buddhism and Taoism.
KW  - Chinese cosmology.
KW  - Chinese religion.
KW  - Chinese temples.
KW  - Hell deities.
KW  - Ontological turn.
KW  - Religion in Malaysia.
KW  - Religion in Singapore.
KW  - Spirit mediumship.
ER  -