Shamans, nostalgias, and the IMF: South Korean popular religion in motion

Introduction -- Shifting intellectual terrain : superstition becomes culture and religion -- Memory horizons : kut from two ethnographic presents -- Initiating performance : Chini's story -- The ambiguities of becoming : phony shamans and what are mudang after all? -- Korean shamans and the spi...

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Main Author: Kendall, Laurel 1947- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Honolulu University of Hawaii Press 2009
In:Year: 2009
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B South Korea / Shaman / Internationaler Währungsfonds
B South Korea / Shamanism
B South Korea / Economic crisis / Shamanism
Further subjects:B Shamanism (Korea)
B Korea Religion
B South Korea
B Shamanism
B Shaman
B Korea Civilization Shamanistic influences
B Shamanism Korea
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Summary:Introduction -- Shifting intellectual terrain : superstition becomes culture and religion -- Memory horizons : kut from two ethnographic presents -- Initiating performance : Chini's story -- The ambiguities of becoming : phony shamans and what are mudang after all? -- Korean shamans and the spirits of capitalism -- Of hungry ghosts and other matters of consumption -- Built landscapes and mobile gods -- Conclusion
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0824833988