Pursue Good Fortune and Avoid Calamity: The Practice and Status of Divination in Contemporary Taiwan
This article describes divination practices and analyses the evolution of their status in contemporary Taiwan. Unlike classical studies on divination, which focus on fortune tellers and aim to explain the symbolic system on which divination is based, this research carries out an ethnography of clien...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
[2013]
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Journal of Chinese religions
Year: 2013, Volume: 41, Issue: 2, Pages: 124-147 |
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Divination
B Superstition B Taiwan B Fortune-telling |
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