The Handmade Paper Industry in Western Fujian: A Social History Study (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798901860045)

This book offers a comprehensive social history of Yukou Paper, a renowned traditional handmade paper from western Fujian recognized as a provincial intangible cultural heritage. Drawing on a rich array of local archives, surveys, newspapers, genealogies, contracts, ritual observations, and oral interviews, it explores the craft's terminology, production sites, and techniques. The study traces the commodity chain from production and transport to sales in both domestic and international markets. It examines the natural environment of its core producing areas, ethnic relations between She and Hakka communities, village clans, ritual alliances, and the industry's evolution from pre-modern times to the present. By situating Yukou papermaking within local socio-cultural contexts, national economic systems, and the global paper market, this work vividly reconstructs the rise, transformation, and enduring legacy of the industry and its homeland.

Author: Ruizhen Cai,Yao Chen
ISBN-13: 9798901860045
Publisher: Chicago Academic Press
Language: English
Published: 12/10/2025
Pages: 488
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.98d