Falun Gong in the United States: An Ethnographic Study

by Noah Porter

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, has been described in many ways. It has been called qigong, one of many schools of physical exercises that aim at improving health and developing supernatural... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581121903
• ISBN13: 9781581121902
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Dissertation.com
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

groundbreaking Falun Gong research

A reviewer of another book about Falun Gong wrote: "it is surprising that there have not been more book-length scholarly accounts of this movement...it is certainly welcome by scholars and the general public who are looking to learn more about this movement from a scholarly point of view." For those who feel the same way, you will appreciate this book. It is a master's thesis, and is essentially unchanged from the version that was turned in to the university. While it is rather large and sophisticated for a master's thesis and certainly not light reading, it still may be accessible to a general audience because of the numerous examples provided in support of the theoretical points raised.Topics covered include the classification of Falun Gong (religion, cult, political movement, etc.), identity issues, reasons for the persecution, demographics of practitioners, health care allegations, and more. I highly recommend this book for anyone with even the slightest interest in Falun Gong, religion, China, human rights issues, and the methodological issues involved with ethnographic research of highly-dispersed groups.