The Cult of the Fox: Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China

Xiaofei Kang

January, 2006
Cloth, 288 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13338-8
$48.50 / £28.50

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Map: The Chinese Empire in the Early Twentieth Century

Introduction

1. Foxes in Early Chinese Tradition

2. Huxian and the Spread of the Fox Cult

3. Foxes and Domestic Worship

4. Foxes and Spirit Mediums

5. Foxes and Local Cults

6. Fox Spirits and Officials

Conclusion

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Related Subjects

• Asian Religion
• East Asian Studies

About the Author

Xiaofei Kang is an assistant professor of history at St. Mary's College of Maryland.

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