Religious Revival in the Tibetan Borderlands: The Premi of Southwest China

by Koen Wellens

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Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295801551

Revival of religious practices of all sorts in China, after decades of systematic government suppression, is a topic of considerable interest to scholars in disciplines ranging from religious studies to anthropology to political science. This book examines contemporary religious practices among the Premi people of the Sichuan-Yunnan-Tibet area, a group of about 60,000 who speak a language belonging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295990694
• ISBN13: 9780295990699
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher