Gebundenes Buch

The Shamaness in Asia

Gender, Religion and the State

Herausgeber: Torri, Davide; Roche, Sophie

Beschreibung

This book concentrates on female shamanisms in Asia and their relationship with the state and other religions, offering a perspective on gender and shamanism that has often been neglected in previous accounts.

Autor

Davide Torri is currently researcher at the Department of History, Anthropology, Religions, and Performing Arts at Sapienza University of Rome (Italy). In addition, he is associate member of the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies (Germany) and of the Centre d'Etudes Himalayennes of the CNRS (France). He is also Secretary of the ISARS (International Society for the Academic Research on Shamanism). His main areas of research includes Himalayan religions, shamanism and indigenous minorities. Among his publications, we find Landscape, Ritual and Identity among the Hyolmo of Nepal (2020) and (as co-editor) Shamanism and Violence: Power, Repression and Suffering in Indigenous Religious Conflicts (2013). Sophie Roche is a research associate and lecturer at the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. She is the author of The Faceless Terrorist: A Study of Critical Events in Tajikistan (2019).

Produktdetails

• Vitality of Indigenous Religions
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 566g
• ISBN-13: 9780367279325
• ISBN-10: 0367279320
• Artikelnr.: 59994008