Contemporary shamanisms in Norway : religion, entrepreneurship, and politics / Trude Fonneland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fonneland, Trude, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sami (European people)--Norway--Religion.

Sami (European people).

Shamanism--Norway.

Shamanism.

Norway--Religion.

Norway.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

This text examines Sami shamanism in Norway as a uniquely distinctive local manifestation of a global new religious phenomenon. It takes the diversity and hybridity within shamanic practices seriously through case studies from a Norwegian setting and highlights the ethnic dimension of these currents, through a particular focus on Sami versions of shamanism.

Contents:

Contemporary shamanisms in Norway

The development of Sámi Shamanism in contemporary Norway

The power of the Arctic nature

Gender in Sámi Shamanism: the past as a premise for new gender constructions

The festival Isogaisa: a centre for contemporary shamanic practitioners in Norway

Shamanistic association: the rise of shamanism as an approved religious community

Shamanism in secular arenas: the case of Esther Utsi, a Sámi spiritual entrepreneur in the Norwegian tourism industry.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-069922-1

0-19-069923-X

0-19-067884-4