UID:
(DE-602)gbv_173820619X
Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789004212749
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 5
Content:
Preliminary Material -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Power of the Margins -- Chapter 2: Intruding into People’s Lives -- Chapter 3: Exploring Inspirational Ontologies -- Chapter 4: Topographies of Affliction in Postsocialism -- Chapter 5: Performance of Inspirational Power -- Chapter 6: Legitimization by Illness and Ancestor Shamans -- Chapter 7: The shamans’ Economy of Reputation -- Chapter 8: Imaginations of Powerful Shamans -- Chapter 9: Beyond Power and Authenticity -- Bibliography -- Index.
Content:
This book offers an in-depth insight into post-socialist rural shamans in Mongolia thereby making a rare but important contribution to the ethnography of both Inner Asia and Southern Siberia. It examines the social making of shamans, in particular those of the Shishget depression of the northernmost borders of Mongolia. By analysing practices, discourses and performances in local and national arenas, the author traces the social constitution of the shamans’ inspirational power, examines the shamans’ performance of power during the seance, discusses the economy of reputation of successful shamans and scrutinizes their legitimizing practices. The study will be welcomed by students of social/cultural anthropology and religious studies with a particular interest in shamanism or ritual studies
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-355) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781906876111
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hangartner, Judith The constitution and contestation of Darhad Shaman's power in contemporary Mongolia Folkestone : Global Oriental, 2011 ISBN 1906876118
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781906876111
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
Postkommunismus
;
Religionsethnologie
;
Mythologie
;
Besessenheitskult
;
Darkhat
;
Mongolei
;
Ritual
DOI:
10.1163/9789004212749
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