Transnational Religious Tourism in Modern China and the Transformation of the Cult of Mazu

This article explores transformations in the worship of popular goddess Mazu as a result of (religious) tourism. In particular, it focuses on the role of transnational tourism in the invention of tradition, folklorization, and commodification of the Mazu cult. Support from the central and local gove...

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Главный автор: Zhang, Yanchao (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: [2021]
В: Religions
Год: 2021, Том: 12, Выпуск: 3
Другие ключевые слова:B folklorization
B Диаспора (мотив)
B Pilgrimage
B Transnationalism
B invention of tradition
B Sacred Sites
B Religious Tourism
B ancestral temple of Mazu
B Commodification
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