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Place and Spirit in Taiwan: Tudi Gong in the Stories, Strategies and Memories of Everyday Life. By Allessandro Dell'Orto. [London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2002. xix+300 pp. $55.00. ISBN 0-7007-1568-1.]

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2003

Extract

In this ground-breaking study of the cult of Tudi Gong (generally referred to in English as the Earth God or the God of the Soil), Allessandro Dell'Orto sheds new light on the significance of one of the most popular deities in the Chinese pantheon, while also making an important contribution to the ongoing discussion of methodological issues in the field of anthropology.

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Book Reviews
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© The China Quarterly, 2003

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