Spirits without Borders : Vietnamese Spirit Mediums in a Transnational Age
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
ISBN-10
0230114938
ISBN-13
9780230114937
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 21st, 2011
Print length
219 Pages
Weight
398 grams
Dimensions
21.80 x 20.80 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnographySocial and cultural anthropology
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Spirits without Borders is an ethnographic study of the transnational and multicultural expansion of Vietnam's Mother Goddess Religion and its spirit possession ritual. The work explores how and why the ritual spread from Vietnam to the US and back again and the impact of ritual transnationalism in both countries.
An ethnographic study of the transnational and multicultural expansion of Vietnam''s Mother Goddess Religion and its spirit possession ritual, this book is the product of collaborative research by an American anthropologist and a Vietnamese folklorist. Spirits without Borders explores how and why the ritual spread from Vietnam to the United States and back again, the impact of ritual transnationalism in both countries, and the current spread of the ritual to non-Vietnamese in the US.
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