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Tragic spirits : shamanism, memory, and gender in contemporary Mongolia / Manduhai Buyandelger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buyandelger, Manduhai.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shamanism--Mongolia--Bai͡an-Uul Sum (Dornod Aĭmag)--History--20th century.
- Shamanism.
- Shamanism--Russia (Federation)--Buri͡atii͡--History--20th century.
- Buriats--Religion--History--20th century.
- Buriats.
- Buriats--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Neoliberalism--Mongolia--Religious aspects.
- Neoliberalism.
- Communism and religion--Mongolia--History.
- Communism and religion.
- Communism and religion--Russia (Federation)--Buri͡atii͡--History.
- History.
- Economic conditions.
- Buriats--Religion.
- Bai︠a︡n-Uul Sum (Dornod Aĭmag, Mongolia)--Religious life and customs.
- Bai︠a︡n-Uul Sum (Dornod Aĭmag, Mongolia).
- Bai︠a︡n-Uul Sum (Dornod Aĭmag, Mongolia)--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Russia (Federation).
- Mongolia.
- Mongolia--Bai︠a︡n-Uul Sum (Dornod Aĭmag).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 314 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The collapse of socialism at the end of the twentieth century brought devastating changes to Mongolia. Economic shock therapy-an immediate liberalization of trade and privatization of publicly owned assets-quickly led to impoverishment, especially in rural parts of the country, where Tragic Spirits takes place. Following the travels of the nomadic Buryats, Manduhai Buyandelger tells a story not only of economic devastation but also a remarkable Buryat response to it-the revival of shamanic practices after decades of socialist suppression. Attributing their current misfortunes to returning ancestral spirits who are vengeful over being abandoned under socialism, the Buryats are now at once trying to appease their ancestors and recover the history of their people through shamanic practice. Thoroughly documenting this process, Buyandelger situates it as part of a global phenomenon, comparing the rise of shamanism in liberalized Mongolia to its similar rise in Africa and Indonesia. In doing so, she offers a sophisticated analysis of the way economics, politics, gender, and other factors influence the spirit world and the crucial workings of cultural memory. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction. The return of the suppressed
- Mobile histories
- Technologies of forgetting, state socialism, and potential memories
- Genealogies of misfortune
- Thriving and silent stories
- Ironies of gender neutrality
- Persuasion and power
- Incomplete lives.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780226013091
- 022601309X
- Publisher Number:
- 99984096824
- 40022900588
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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