The “Itako” as Mass Culture

The folk shamans (minkan fusha 民間巫者) called itako イタコ, mainly active in Aomori and surrounding prefectures (Akita and Iwate), are well known nationwide thanks to mass media coverage. However, despite their increased visibility, there seems to be a gap between the itako as folk culture and the image...

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Main Author: Ōmichi, Haruka (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Journal of Religion in Japan
Year: 2016, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 22-46
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Itako / Representation / Popular culture / Occultism / History 1950-1990
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
AZ New religious movements
BN Shinto
KBM Asia
TK Recent history
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Itako
B Itako mass culture mass media discourse analysis occult boom
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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