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Performing the divine : mediums, markets and modernity in urban Vietnam / Kirsten W. Endres.
Van Pelt Library BF1242.V5 E53 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Endres, Kirsten W.
- Series:
- Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series ; no. 118.
- Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mediums--Vietnam.
- Mediums.
- Spirit possession--Vietnam.
- Spirit possession.
- Religion.
- Vietnam--Religious life and customs.
- Vietnam.
- Vietnam--Religion--Economic aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Copenhagen : NIAS Press ; Abingdon : Marston [distributor], 2011.
- Contents:
- Introduction : inviting the spirits
- Personal fate and spirit identities
- Performing the divine
- Negotiating the rules of proper performance
- The (gendered) world of mediumship
- The heritagisation of Four Palace mediumship
- Epilogue : return to the realm.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-226) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9788776940751
- 8776940756
- 9788776940768
- 8776940764
- OCLC:
- 751139429
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