Shamans, Nostalgias, and the IMF - Kendall, Laurel
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This enlightening and entertaining study of contemporary Korean shamanism makes the case for the dynamism of popular religious practice, the creativity of those we call shamans, and the necessity of writing about them in the present tense. Emphasizing the shaman's work as open and mutable, this describes how gods and ancestors articulate the changing concerns of clients and how the ritual frame of these transactions has itself been transformed by urban sprawl, private cars, and zealous Christian proselytizing.

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This enlightening and entertaining study of contemporary Korean shamanism makes the case for the dynamism of popular religious practice, the creativity of those we call shamans, and the necessity of writing about them in the present tense. Emphasizing the shaman's work as open and mutable, this describes how gods and ancestors articulate the changing concerns of clients and how the ritual frame of these transactions has itself been transformed by urban sprawl, private cars, and zealous Christian proselytizing.
Autorenporträt
Laurel Kendall is Curator in Charge of Asian Ethnographic Collections in the Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, and also teaches at Columbia University.