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| Liberating Party Animals: Cultural Governance and “Life Release” Rituals in China | ||
| 作者 | McCarthy, Susan K. (著) |
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| 出處題名 | The China Journal |
| 卷期 | v.88 Summer |
| 出版日期 | 2022.07 |
| 頁次 | 55 - 77 |
| 出版者 | The University of Chicago Press |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.journals.uchicago.edu |
| 出版地 | Chicago, IL, US [芝加哥, 伊利諾伊州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Author Affiliation: Providence College, USA. |
| 摘要 | This article analyzes Chinese government efforts to manage and co-opt fangsheng, or life release, the ritual practice of liberating animals. When conducted inappropriately, this popular practice can damage ecosystems and disrupt public order. Besides stiffening penalties for indiscriminate fangsheng, the government is also trying to change how people understand and carry out life release by deploying it for a range of policy purposes. Leading this effort are official fangsheng associations that organize events and promote best practices. Their endeavors are aimed at a broad set of goals, such as restoring aquatic ecosystems, stopping illegal fishing, and encouraging mass participation in the building of the “ecological civilization.” Officials’ embrace of life release as a cultural governance tool is facilitated by the ritual’s grassroots character, polysemy, and power to generate what Émile Durkheim called “collective effervescence.” If channeled and contained by agents of the Party-state, “authoritarian effervescence” may be a potent tool for stimulating popular enthusiasm for regime objectives. The case of fangsheng underscores the Party-state’s continued reliance on ritual, symbol, and spectacle as modes of rule. |
| 目次 | Abstract 55 The Past, Present, and Problems of Fangsheng 59 Transforming and Deploying Life Release 62 The Official Fangsheng Associations 65 The Role of Religion 68 Fangsheng, Narrow and Broad 70 The Response of Grassroots Practitioners 73 Conclusion 75 |
| ISSN | 13249347 (P); 18358535 (E) |
| DOI | 10.1086/719748 |
| 點閱次數 | 66 |
| 建檔日期 | 2024.06.19 |
| 更新日期 | 2024.06.21 |
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