The Cult of the Fox: Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China

Author/Contributor(s):	Kang, Xiaofei
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Date:	10/06/2026
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

For more than five centuries the shamanistic fox cult has attracted large portions of the Chinese population and appealed to a wide range of social classes. Xiaofei Kang examine the fox cult as a vibrant popular religion and explores the manifold meanings of the fox spirit in Chinese society.