LIZ HINGLEY
SACRED SHANGHAI
Published by GOST publishing, 2019
Book size 12 x 16.4 cm
Pages, 224 pages
Hardcover
Languages, Chinese, English
ISBN 978-1-910401-38-5
Sacred Shanghai by photographer and anthropologist Liz Hingley, explores the spaces, rituals and communities in official, unofficial, public and private forms that together weave the spiritual fabric of China's largest and most cosmopolitan city. After decades of suppression during the Mao era, China has been undergoing one of the great religious revivals of our time. Unsettled by the pace of development and globalization, millions are turning to faith for meaning and hope in the alienating mega cities that now dominate Chinese life.
Publisher's Statement.
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Photographer and anthropologist Liz Hingley’s Sacred Shanghai explores the spaces, rituals, and communities—official and unofficial, public and private—that weave the spiritual fabric of China’s largest and most cosmopolitan city. After decades of repression during the Mao era, China has undergone one of the greatest religious revivals of our time. Disrupted by the pace of development and globalization, millions are turning to faith to find meaning and hope in the alienating megacities that now dominate Chinese life.
Publisher's text.