Filial Obsessions

1. Preface and Overview
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2. Popular Religion, a Chinese Superboy, and “The Investiture of the Gods”
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3. “Filial Piety” and Cultural Difference
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4. Spirit Possession, Family Issues, and the Revelation of Gods’ Biographies
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5. Filial Piety: Fathers, Real and Ideal
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6. The Social Production of Desire
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7. Ancestor Worship, the Confucian Father, and Filial Piety
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8. Women as Outsiders: Princesses, Defilement, and Buddhist Salvation
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9. Woman as Symptom: Beyond Gender?
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10. A Concluding Manifesto: Culture and Desire
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Avainsanat: Psychology, Cross Cultural Psychology, Asian Culture, Gender Studies, Ethnography