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Shamanism and the origin of states : spirit, power, and gender in East Asia / Sarah Milledge Nelson.
Penn Museum Library BL2370.S5 N45 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nelson, Sarah M., 1931-2020.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shamanism--East Asia.
- Shamanism.
- Mythology, Asian.
- Sex role.
- Religion and state.
- East Asia--Religious life and customs.
- East Asia.
- Religion and state--East Asia.
- Sex role--East Asia.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- Orientation to shamanism and the origin of states : spirit, power, and gender in East Asia
- Landscapes, legends, and skyscapes
- What is a shaman?
- Power, leadership, and gender
- Shamanism in the East Asian neolithic
- Shamanism in early Chinese states
- Shamanism in Korea
- Shamanism in the Japanese islands
- Retying the knots : leadership, ideology, cultural patterns, gender, and shamans in East Asia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-264) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781598741322
- 1598741322
- 9781598741339
- 1598741330
- OCLC:
- 183262293
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