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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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Honolulu
Univ. of Hawaii Press
2009
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| 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XXVIII, 251 S., Ill |
| ISBN: | 0-8248-3398-8 978-0-8248-3343-5 978-0-8248-3398-5 |
