Qigong Fever

Qigong Fever Body, Science and Utopia in China - CERI Series in Comparative Politics and International Studies

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Publisher's Synopsis

Presents the social history of the qigong craze which swept urban socialist China in the post-Mao era, leading to the emergence of Falun Gong and its subsequent repression. This book combines historical, anthropological, and sociological approaches to describe a critical phase of Chinese tradition in its encounter with modernity and the state.

Book information

ISBN: 9781850658412
Publisher: Hurst & Co. in association with the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Paris
Imprint: Hurst & Co. in association with the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Paris
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DEWEY: 613.71
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 356
Weight: 592g
Height: 224mm
Width: 145mm
Spine width: 28mm