Title

Deities of the Indigenous Snake People in Religious Marionette Plays

Authors

Fan Pen Chen

Files

Description

This chapter shows how deities of the indigenes of southeastern China competed with and reacted to the invading mainstream Han culture through six sacred string-puppet plays.

Publication Date

2023

Publisher

University of Connecticut

City

Storrs

Keywords

puppet, representation, race and ethnicity, snake cults, Chen Jinggu

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Indigenous Studies | Other Arts and Humanities | Other Theatre and Performance Studies | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies | Theatre and Performance Studies

Recommended Citation

Chen, Fan Pen, "Deities of the Indigenous Snake People in Religious Marionette Plays" (2023). Representing Alterity through Puppetry and Performing Objects. Edited by John Bell, Matthew Isaac Cohen, and Jungmin Song.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/ballinst_alterity/13