Spectral Revolution Notes on a Maoist Cosmology
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| Publication date | 2020 |
| Journal | Made in China Journal |
| Volume | Issue number | 5 | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 104-111 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
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| Abstract | This essay describes the cosmological role of Mao in ritual and spirit mediumship in rural China. It considers the occulted forces hosted by the Chairman’s image and words, across movements of display, concealment, and circulation. Here, the Party-state has a cosmic double, and Maoist anti-religious policies are not what they seem. |
| Document type | Article |
| Note | In Special Issue: Spectral Revolutions : Occult Economies in Asia |
| Language | English |
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https://doi.org/10.22459/MIC.05.02.2020.10
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