Song Family Village. 2, The Heavenly Court in Song Family Village : Gender, Hierarchy and Religious Power in a North China Village / ethnography and directed by Zhifang Song ; producer and writer, written and produced by Gary Seaman.
Religious life in the village is highly gendered, with female shamans dominating most religious activities. These shamanesses and their gods are organised as a 'court', which expresses a hierarchy of power and prestige analogous to the traditional Chinese imperium focused on the emperor an...
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