Not Quite Shamans : : Spirit Worlds and Political Lives in Northern Mongolia / / Morten Axel Pedersen.
The forms of contemporary society and politics are often understood to be diametrically opposed to any expression of the supernatural; what happens when those forms are themselves regarded as manifestations of spirits and other occult phenomena? In Not Quite Shamans, Morten Axel Pedersen explores ho...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Culture and Society after Socialism
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 20 halftones, 1 map |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration and Translation
- Introduction
- 1. Shamanic States
- 2. The Shamanic Predicament
- 3. Layered Lands, Layered Minds
- 4. The Shaman's Two Bodies
- 5. Mischievous Souls
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index