This full-length study of the Premi, the first in a language other than Chinese, makes a valuable contribution to the ethnographic knowledge of Southwest China, as well as to the understanding of cont
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
The transformations Buddhism has been undergoing in the modern age have inspired much research over the last decade. The main focus of attention has been the phenomenon known as Buddhist modernism, wh