Trude Fonneland

Contemporary Shamanisms in Norway (eBook, ePUB)

Religion, Entrepreneurship, and Politics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

One of the fastest growing religious movements in the Western world, neo-shamanism embraces notions and techniques borrowed from various tribal peoples and adapted to the life of contemporary urban dwellers. Until the twenty-first century, the neo-shamanism found in northern Europe differed little from neo-shamanism elsewhere in the Western world. In the new millennium, a Sámi and Nordic version of neo-shamanism came into being, along with a new focus on the uniqueness of the arctic north, expressed through New Age courses and events. The Norwegian New Age scene is increasingly overrun with Sámi and Nordic shamans, symbols, and traditions. Contemporary Shamanisms in Norway examines the construction of this Sámi neo-shamanistic movement and argues that it fits into the broader ethno-political search for a Sami identity. Drawing on ten years of ethnographic research, Trude Fonneland highlights the values important to neo-shamans' self-development and their marketing of shamanistic products and services. She explores Sáami and Nordic neo-shamans' promotion of Arctic nature, their negotiations of gender in neo-shamanism, and their ritual inventions. Focusing on contemporary shamanism in Norway and Nordic contexts, Fonneland argues that the spiritual quest in Nordic countries has developed surprising and innovative forms of spirituality that call for a reevaluation of the relationship between religion and the secular world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190699222
• Artikelnr.: 48844639

Autorenporträt

Trude Fonneland is Professor at the Department of Culture Studies, Troms? University Museum at the University of Troms?, the Arctic University of Norway. Her research interests revolve around contemporary religion in society, particularly S?mi shamanism, tourism, and popular culture.

Inhaltsangabe

* Table of Contents
* List of Illustrations
* Preface and Acknowledgments
* Chapter 1
* Introduction: Contemporary Shamanisms in Norway
* Chapter 2
* The Development of Sámi Shamanism in Contemporary Norway
* Chapter 3
* The Power of the Arctic Nature
* Chapter 4
* Gender in Sámi Shamanism:
* The Past as a Premise for New Gender Constructions
* Chapter 5
* The festival Isogaisa: a centre for Contemporary Shamanic
Practitioners in Norway
* Chapter 6
* Shamanistic Association: The Rise of Shamanism as an Approved
Religious Community
* Chapter 7
* Shamanism in Secular Arenas: The Case of Esther Utsi, a Sámi
Spiritual Entrepreneur in the Norwegian Tourism Industry
* References