17. The Spirits of Reform: The Power of Belief in Northern China

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Foreword. Sovereignty and Citizenship in a Decentered China xiii
4. Preface xvii
5. Acknowledgments xxi
6. Introduction: Reconsidering the Middle Kingdom 1
7. Part I. The Center and the Noncenter
8. 2. How Much of China is Ruled by Beijing? 23
9. 3. Symbols of Southern Identity: Rivaling Unitary Nationalism 31
10. 4. The Languages of China 45
11. Part II. Geographic Margins
12. 5. Chinese Turkestan: Xinjiang 71
13. 6. Ethnoreligious Resurgence in a Northwestern Sufi Community 106
14. 7. Town and Village Naxi Identities in the Lijiang Basin 131
15. 8. Ethnic and Linguistic Diversity in Kunming 148
16. 9. The Construction of Chinese and Non-Chinese Identities 167
17. 10. The Secret History of the Hakkas: The Chinese Revolution as a Hakka Enterprise 185
18. Part III. Social and Cultural Margins
19. 11.Sexual Behavior in Modern China 221
20. 12. The Cut Sleeve Revisited: A Contemporary Account of Male Homosexuality 238
21. 13. “The Moon Reflecting The Sunlight”: The Village Woman 249
22. 14. The Floating Population in the Cities: Markets, Migration, and the Prospects for Citizenship 273
23. 15. The Politics of Popular Music in Post-Tiananmen China 291
24. 16. Magic, Science, and Qigong in Contemporary China 311
25. 17. The Spirits of Reform: The Power of Belief in Northern China 323
26. Afterword: Centers and Peripheries, Nation and World 341
27. Notes 347
28. Bibliography 365
29. Contributors 387
30. Index 389