Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie n° 19 (2010)

Sommaire / Contents Introduction Par Alain Arrault James Robson Among Mountains and Between Rivers: A Preliminary Appraisal of the Arrival, Spread, and Development of Daoism and Buddhism in the Central Hunan [Xiangzhong] Region Alain Arrault La société locale vue à travers la statuaire domestique du Hunan Michela Bussotti Observations sur les sculpteurs de statuettes religieuses du Hunan Mechtild Mertz & Itoh Takao A Study of the Wood Species of 73 Deity Sculptures of the Hunan Province, from the Patrice Fava Collection Mark Meulenbeld From “Withered Wood” to “Dead Ashes”: Burning Bodies, Metamorphosis, and the Ritual Production of Power David Mozina Daubing Lips with Blood and Drinking Elixirs with the Celestial Lord Yin Jiao: The Role of Thunders deities in Daoist Ordination in Contemporary Hunan Rapports de recherche / Research Reports George Favraud Liturgie et construction d’une identité culturelle régionale en Chine contemporaine Comptes rendus / Book reviews James Robson, Power of Place. The Religions Landscape of the Southern Sacred Peak (Nanyue) Medieval China By Gil Raz Daniel McMahon, Restoring the Garden: Yan Ruyi and the Civilizing of China’s Internal Frontiers, 1795-1805 By Aurélie Névot Eli Albert, A History of Daoism and the Yao People of South China By Aurélie Névot Aurélie Névot, Comme le sel, je suis le cours de l’eau. Le chamanisme à écriture des Yi du Yunnan Par Pascal Bouchery