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Overview"For well over a century, Chinese fengshui, or ""geomancy,"" has interested Western laymen and scholars. Today, hundreds of popular manuals claim to use its principles in their advice on how people can increase their wealth, happiness, longevity, and so on. This study is quite different, approaching fengshui from an academic angle. The focus is on its significance in China, but the recent history of its reinterpretation in the West is also depicted. The author argues that fengshui serves as an alternative tradition of cosmological knowledge, which is used to explain a range of everyday occurrences in rural areas, such as disease, mental disorders, accidents, and common mischief. The study includes a historical account of fengshui over the last 150 years augmented by the results of anthropological fieldwork on contemporary practices in two Chinese rural areas." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ole BruunPublisher: University of Hawai'i Press Imprint: University of Hawai'i Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.031kg ISBN: 9780824826727ISBN 10: 0824826728 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 31 March 2003 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Inactive Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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