Negotiating local tradition with Taoism: Female ritual specialists in the Zhuang religion

Religion

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-163

  Wilkerson, James ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 34548687220     PISSN: 0048721X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.religion.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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