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Geng Li is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She received her Doctoral degree in Anthropology from the College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University. Her research interests include popular religion, ethnic groups in China, built heritage, and vernacular architecture.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. The Social and Political Status of Divination in ChinaChapter 2. The Practice of Divination and DivinersChapter 3. Typical Customers of DivinationChapter 4. The Moral Discourses of DivinationChapter 5. Divination as an Aspect of 'Traditional Culture'Chapter 6. Divination as CounsellingChapter 7. The Professionalization of Divination through AssociationsConclusionReference List

"[This book] provides a very rich ethnographic account of the legitimation efforts of diviners... It meets a pressing need for such an account in the field of Chinese religions, and also provides comparative material from mainland China which will make a significant ethnographic contribution to the comparative anthropology of divination." William Matthews, University College London