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Most commentators imagine contemporary China to be monolithic, atheistic, and materialist, and wholly divorced from its earlier customs, but Kenneth Dean combines evidence from historical texts and extensive fieldwork to reveal an entirely different picture. Since 1979, when the Chinese government relaxed some of its most stringent controls on religion, villagers in the isolated areas of Southeast China have maintained an underground effort to restore traditional rituals and local cults.Dean, Kenneth is the author of 'Taoist Ritual and Popular Cults of Southeast China - Kenneth Dean - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780691074177 and ISBN 0691074178.
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