Prelude. The illusive toothless man. -- The underworld of rivers and lakes -- Righteous Yang and the great comet of 1680 -- Pirates into goddesses -- Of rats, cats, and bandits in the Canton Delta -- Demons, gangsters, and triads -- Religious and ethnic unrest in Huizhou -- What ever happened to Broken Shoes Chen the Fourth? -- Identity, messianism, and rebellion on the Yao frontier -- Water chicks, Amazons, and goddesses -- Weizhou Island, Dan fishers, and the mysterious third old lady -- Postlude. China's culture wars.
Summary:
"Rats, Cats, Rogues, and Heroes provides a unique view of the underside of China's history and culture as revealed through the eyes of ordinary men and women. The author takes an interdisciplinary perspective that incorporates history, anthropology, folk studies, and literature to examine the sociocultural and symbolic worlds of gangsters, Triads, sorcerers, tricksters, and prostitutes in late imperial and modern China"-- Provided by publisher.
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