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- catalog abstract "This study stakes out a new position on how and when potential resistance may be transformed into an actual social movement. Its three cases - the Taiping Rebellion in the 1840s and 1850s, ghost worship in modern Taiwan and the aftermath of the 1989 demonstrations in Tiananmen Square - contribute to ongoing debates among historians, social scientists and literary theorists on the relationship between culture and resistance. Resistance, Chaos and Control in China compares active resistance movements with everyday actions that imply unspoken resistance. It shows how certain areas of life defuse attempts at cultural domination by dissolving official interpretations. At the same time, these cultural "free spaces" nurture ambiguous and multiple alternatives of their own, including the possibility of erupting into open political resistance. The three cases demonstrate how attempts to push such ambiguous meaning into a single, explicit interpretation as resistance succeed or fail. The material on the Taiping Rebellion offers new views of the role of spirit possession in the movement, and the section on surging ghost worship in Taiwan addresses the reproportioning of religion as the island's economy and political structure have been transformed in the last two decades. The Tiananmen chapters examine the nature of cultural control and resistance in China and other socialist societies.".
- catalog contributor b4830338.
- catalog coverage "China History Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864.".
- catalog coverage "China History Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989.".
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The material on the Taiping Rebellion offers new views of the role of spirit possession in the movement, and the section on surging ghost worship in Taiwan addresses the reproportioning of religion as the island's economy and political structure have been transformed in the last two decades. The Tiananmen chapters examine the nature of cultural control and resistance in China and other socialist societies.".
- catalog description "This study stakes out a new position on how and when potential resistance may be transformed into an actual social movement. Its three cases - the Taiping Rebellion in the 1840s and 1850s, ghost worship in modern Taiwan and the aftermath of the 1989 demonstrations in Tiananmen Square - contribute to ongoing debates among historians, social scientists and literary theorists on the relationship between culture and resistance. Resistance, Chaos and Control in China compares active resistance movements with everyday actions that imply unspoken resistance. It shows how certain areas of life defuse attempts at cultural domination by dissolving official interpretations. At the same time, these cultural "free spaces" nurture ambiguous and multiple alternatives of their own, including the possibility of erupting into open political resistance. The three cases demonstrate how attempts to push such ambiguous meaning into a single, explicit interpretation as resistance succeed or fail.".
- catalog description "pt. I. Interpreting resistance and resisting interpretation. Resistance ; Saturation and potentials -- pt. II. Taiping Rebellion. Jesus's brother and the Chinese periphery ; Saturating the movement: God gets power ; Too many voices ; Precipitation and institution: the Taiping rises up -- pt. III. Taiwanese ghosts. Hot and noisy religion ; Saturated ghosts and social change in Taiwan ; Failed precipitations ; The limits to cultural domination -- pt. IV. Conclusion: Tiananmen and beyond. Institutions of control, institutions beyond control ; Irony, cynicism, and potential resistance.".
- catalog extent "viii, 255 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0295972858".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Seattle : University of Washington Press,".
- catalog spatial "China History Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864.".
- catalog spatial "China History Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989.".
- catalog spatial "Taiwan.".
- catalog subject "951/.035 20".
- catalog subject "DS759 .W455 1993".
- catalog subject "Ghosts Taiwan.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Interpreting resistance and resisting interpretation. Resistance ; Saturation and potentials -- pt. II. Taiping Rebellion. Jesus's brother and the Chinese periphery ; Saturating the movement: God gets power ; Too many voices ; Precipitation and institution: the Taiping rises up -- pt. III. Taiwanese ghosts. Hot and noisy religion ; Saturated ghosts and social change in Taiwan ; Failed precipitations ; The limits to cultural domination -- pt. IV. Conclusion: Tiananmen and beyond. Institutions of control, institutions beyond control ; Irony, cynicism, and potential resistance.".
- catalog title "Resistance, chaos, and control in China : Taiping rebels, Taiwanese ghosts, and Tiananmen / Robert P. Weller.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".