Possessed by the spirits : mediumship in contemporary Vietnamese communities / Karen Fjelstad and Nguyen Thi Hien, editors.

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TextSeries: Southeast Asia Program series ; no. 23.Publisher: Ithaca, N.Y. : Southeast Asia Program Publications, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 2006Description: 1 online resource (186 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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9781501719141
1501719149

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Possessed by the spirits.DDC classification:

299.5/92 22

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BF1242.V5 P67 2006eb

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73.58
BE 8105
LC 29415
RR 55962

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Contents:

The mother goddess religion : its history, pantheon and practices / Ngo Duc Thinh -- Tran Hung Dao and the mother goddess religion / Pham Quynh Phuong -- "Hot-tempered" women and "effeminate" men : the performance of music and gender in Vietnamese mediumship / Barley Norton -- Spirit performance and the ritual construction of personal identity in modern Vietnam / Kirsten W. Endres -- "We have len dong too" : transnational aspects of spirit possession / Karen Fjelstad -- Gifts from the spirits : spirit possession and personal transformation among Silicon Valley spirit mediums / Karen Fjelstad and Lisa Maiffret -- "A bit of a spirit favor is equal to a load of mundane gifts" : votive paper offerings of len dong rituals in post-renovation Vietnam / Nguyen Thi Hien -- "Children of the spirits, followers of a master" : spirit mediums in post-renovation Vietnam / Viveca Larsson and Kirsten W. Endres -- Do the four palaces inhabit an East Asian landscape? / Laurel Kendall.

Summary: The essays in this volume examine the resurgence of the Mother Goddess religion among contemporary Vietnamese following the economic "Renovation" period in Vietnam. Anthropologists explore the forces that compel individuals to become mediums and the social repercussions of their decisions and interactions.

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The essays in this volume examine the resurgence of the Mother Goddess religion among contemporary Vietnamese following the economic "Renovation" period in Vietnam. Anthropologists explore the forces that compel individuals to become mediums and the social repercussions of their decisions and interactions.

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