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Resistance, Chaos and Control in China

Taiping Rebels, Taiwanese Ghosts and Tiananmen

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  • © 1994

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Authors:
  1. Robert P. Weller

    1. Institute for the Study of Economic Culture, Boston University, USA
      Department of Anthropology, Boston University, USA

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Interpreting Resistance and Resisting Interpretation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Resistance

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      Pages 3-15

    3. Saturation and Potentials

      • Robert P. Weller
      Pages 16-29

  3. Taiping Rebellion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. Jesus’s Brother and the Chinese Periphery

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      Pages 33-49

    3. Saturating the Movement: God Gets Power

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      Pages 50-68

    4. Too Many Voices

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      Pages 69-85

    5. Precipitation and Institution: The Taiping Rises Up

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      Pages 86-110

  4. Taiwanese Ghosts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Hot and Noisy Religion

      • Robert P. Weller
      Pages 113-128

    3. Saturated Ghosts and Social Change in Taiwan

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      Pages 129-153

    4. Failed Precipitations

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      Pages 154-168

    5. The Limits to Cultural Domination

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      Pages 169-183

  5. Conclusion: Tiananmen and Beyond

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. Institutions of Control, Institutions Beyond Control

      • Robert P. Weller
      Pages 187-204

    3. Irony, Cynicism, and Potential Resistance

      • Robert P. Weller
      Pages 205-224

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 225-255
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Compares those active resistance movements which burst into public view in China and "cultural resistance", which instead lies unspoken in everyday action. This book argues that certain areas of life defuse attempts at cultural domination by resisting and dissolving all unified interpretation.

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  • Institute for the Study of Economic Culture, Boston University, USA

    Robert P. Weller

  • Department of Anthropology, Boston University, USA

    Robert P. Weller

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