Violence and order on the Chengdu Plain : the story of a secret brotherhood in rural China, 1939-1949 /
Wang, Di, 1956-
Violence and order on the Chengdu Plain : the story of a secret brotherhood in rural China, 1939-1949 / Di Wang. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : two stories joined in the Chengdu Plain -- A public execution -- A local band of the Gowned Brothers -- Spirituality and customs -- Secret codes and language -- Disciplines and dominance -- A tenant farmer and Paoge master -- Entering the Paoge -- The decline of power -- A family crisis and a rural woman's fate -- Fall of the Paoge -- Looking for the storyteller -- Untangling Paoge myth -- Appendix 1 : Paoge ranks -- Appendix 2 : Lei family tree -- Appendix 3 : selected ritual/festival events -- Appendix 4 : Chinese texts of sayings and poems -- Appendix 5 : brief comments on texts, myth, and history.
9781503605336
2017037897
Ge lao hui--History--20th century.
Brotherhoods--History--China--Sichuan Sheng--20th century.
Secret societies--History--China--Sichuan Sheng--20th century.
Power (Social sciences)--History--China--Sichuan Sheng--20th century.
Filicide--History--China--Sichuan Sheng--20th century.
Electronic Books.
HS310 / .V565 2018
Violence and order on the Chengdu Plain : the story of a secret brotherhood in rural China, 1939-1949 / Di Wang. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : two stories joined in the Chengdu Plain -- A public execution -- A local band of the Gowned Brothers -- Spirituality and customs -- Secret codes and language -- Disciplines and dominance -- A tenant farmer and Paoge master -- Entering the Paoge -- The decline of power -- A family crisis and a rural woman's fate -- Fall of the Paoge -- Looking for the storyteller -- Untangling Paoge myth -- Appendix 1 : Paoge ranks -- Appendix 2 : Lei family tree -- Appendix 3 : selected ritual/festival events -- Appendix 4 : Chinese texts of sayings and poems -- Appendix 5 : brief comments on texts, myth, and history.
9781503605336
2017037897
Ge lao hui--History--20th century.
Brotherhoods--History--China--Sichuan Sheng--20th century.
Secret societies--History--China--Sichuan Sheng--20th century.
Power (Social sciences)--History--China--Sichuan Sheng--20th century.
Filicide--History--China--Sichuan Sheng--20th century.
Electronic Books.
HS310 / .V565 2018