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Shamans, housewives, and other restless spirits : women in Korean ritual life / Laurel Kendall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kendall, Laurel, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shamanism--Korea (South).
- Shamanism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 234 pages)
- Other Title:
- Shamans, housewives, and other restless spirits
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- ¿This exceptionally well-written book is good reading, not only for specialists but also for beginning students interested in women, Korean culture, and shamanism.¿ ¿Journal of Asian Studies¿Kendall maintains a closeness with and respect for her subject that keeps away the chill of academic distance and yet avoids sentimentality.¿ ¿Korean Quarterly, Spring 2001.
- Contents:
- A Kut for the Chon Family
- Confucian Patriarchs and Spirited Women
- Enduring Pine Village
- Divine Connections: The Mansin and Her Clients
- Wood Imps, Ghosts, and Other Noxious Influences
- The Care and Feeding of Household Gods and Kindred Spirits
- The Care and Feeding of Ancestors
- Women's Rites.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
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