Table Of ContentChapter Title: Front Matter 
 
Book Title: Folk Literati, Contested Tradition, and Heritage in Contemporary China 
Book Subtitle: Incense Is Kept Burning 
Book Author(s): Ziying You 
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FOLK LITERATI, CONTESTED 
TRADITION, and HERITAGE in 
CONTEMPORARY CHINA
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F OL K   L I T E R AT I , 
C ON T E S T E D 
T R A DI T ION,   and 
H E R I TAG E   in 
C ON T E M P OR A RY 
C H I NA
Incense Is Kept Burning
Ziying You
Indiana University Press
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To the brilliant and  
kind villagers (laoxiang) in Hongtong,  
Shanxi, China.
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Chapter Title: Table of Contents 
 
Book Title: Folk Literati, Contested Tradition, and Heritage in Contemporary China 
Book Subtitle: Incense Is Kept Burning 
Book Author(s): Ziying You 
Published by: Indiana University Press 
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Contents
Acknowledgments  ix
A Note on Romanization, Chinese Characters, and English 
Translation  xiii
    Introduction  1
  1  Background: Situating Local Beliefs about Ehuang and 
Nüying in Hongtong, Shanxi  29
  2  Incense Is Kept Burning: The Role of Folk Literati in 
Continuing and Representing Local Traditions  61
  3  Contested Myth, History, and Beliefs: Worshipping Yao and 
Shun at Village Temples in Hongtong  91
  4  Tradition Ecology: The Debating and Remaking of Ehuang 
and Nüying’s Conflict Legends by Folk Literati  121
  5  Reproducing Tradition: Folk Literati, Sociocultural 
Differentiation, and Their Interaction with  
Other Social Actors  158
  6  Making Intangible Cultural Heritage: Folklore, Tradition, 
and Power  185
    Conclusion  217
Appendix: In Commemoration of the Reconstruction of the 
Shun Temple  223
Bibliography  229
Index  249
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