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Kenneth Dean

Author of First & Last Emperors: The Absolute State and the Body of the Despot (Autonomedia New Autonomy)

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Works by Kenneth Dean

First & Last Emperors: The Absolute State and the Body of the Despot (Autonomedia New Autonomy) (1992) 31 copies, 1 review

Taoist Ritual and Popular Cults of Southeast China (1993) 26 copies

Ritual alliances of the Putian plain (2009) 6 copies

The Secular in South, East, and Southeast Asia (2018) 6 copies

Lord of the Three in One: The Spread of a Cult in Southeast China (1998) 4 copies

Chinese Epigraphy in Singapore, 1819-1911 (2017) 1 copy

Bored in Heaven 1 copy

First & Last Emperors: The Absolute State and the Body of the Despot (Autonomedia New Autonomy) by Kenneth Dean (1992-12-03) 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1956-09-21
Gender: male
Education: Brown University (BA|Chinese studies)
Stanford University (PhD|Chinese studies)
Occupations: professor
Organizations: McGill University
National University of Singapore

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First and Last Emperors: Absolute State and Body of the Despot (Autonomedia New Autonomy Series) by Kenneth Dean

Witty, goofy, readable poststructuralist mini-classic, critical-semiotic reading of "Reagan" (always in quotes) and the "the Bush-thing."

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