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Author:
Fjelstad, Karen.
Title:
Spirits without borders : Vietnamese spirit mediums in a transnational age / Karen Fjelstad and Nguyen Thi Hien.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
x, 219 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Anthropology of religion--Vietnam.
Rites and ceremonies--Vietnam.
Mediums--Vietnam.
Spirit possession--Vietnam.
Goddess religion--Vietnam.
Vietnam--Religious life and customs.
Vietnam--Social life and customs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
RELIGION / Spirituality
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Other Authors:
Hien, Nguyen Thi.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Spirits without Borders is an ethnographic study of the transnational and multicultural expansion of Vietnam's Mother Goddess Religion and its spirit possession ritual. The product of collaborative research by an American anthropologist and a Vietnamese folklorist, the work explores how and why the ritual spread from Vietnam to the US and back again, the impact of ritual transnationalism in both countries, and the current spread of the ritual to non-Vietnamese in the USA"--Provided by publisher.
Series:
Contemporary anthropology of religion
ISBN:
0230114938 (hardback)
9780230114937 (hardback)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)694832944
LCCN:
2011002888
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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