An edition of Spirits without borders (2011)

Spirits without borders

Vietnamese spirit mediums in a transnational age

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An edition of Spirits without borders (2011)

Spirits without borders

Vietnamese spirit mediums in a transnational age

1st ed.

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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 product of collaborative research by an American anthropologist and a Vietnamese folklorist, the work explores how and why the ritual spread from Vietnam to the US and back again, the impact of ritual transnationalism in both countries, and the current spread of the ritual to non-Vietnamese in the USA"--Provided by publisher.

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Palgrave Macmillan
Language
English
Pages
219

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Subjects

Religious life and customs, Social life and customs, Spirit possession, Anthropology of religion, Goddess religion, Mediums, Rites and ceremonies, Vietnam, social life and customs, Asia, religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural, RELIGION / Spirituality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General

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Vietnam
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Cover of: Spirits without borders
Spirits without borders: Vietnamese spirit mediums in a transnational age
2011, Palgrave Macmillan
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Spirits Without Borders
Spirits Without Borders
2011, Palgrave Macmillan
in English

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Table of Contents

Border crossings : setting the theoretical stage
Spirited research : studying lên đò̂ng in Vietnam and California
Đạo Mã̂u spirits, temples, and rituals
Spiritual callings : becoming a medium in the contemporary world
"Lên đò̂nging" in Silicon Valley
The Vietnam-Cali connection
"You have to respect the local spirits".

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-212) and index.

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New York
Series
Contemporary anthropology of religion, Contemporary anthropology of religion

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.6/09597
Library of Congress
GN635.V5 F54 2011, HM623GN301-GN674GN30

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 219 p. :
Number of pages
219

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Open Library
OL25032401M
Internet Archive
spiritswithoutbo00fjel
ISBN 10
0230114938
ISBN 13
9780230114937
LCCN
2011002888
OCLC/WorldCat
694832944

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