Steps of perfection : : exorcistic performers and Chinese religion in twentieth-century Taiwan / / Donald S. Sutton.

• Superior document: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 218
• Author: Sutton, Donald S.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2003.; Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2003.
• Έτος έκδοσης: 2003
• Γλώσσα: English
• Σειρά: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 218.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: 1 online resource.

"One part of Taiwan's flourishing religious culture is the elaborate, colorful, and noisy procession of local gods accompanied by troupes of musicians and dancers. Among them are groups of performers with wild, outlandish painted faces portraying underworld generals who serve the gods and...