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001 2011002888
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005 20110916131810.0
008 110120s2011 nyua b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780230114937 (hardback)
020 $a0230114938 (hardback)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn694832944
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050 00 $aGN635.V5$bF54 2011
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100 1 $aFjelstad, Karen.
245 10 $aSpirits without borders :$bVietnamese spirit mediums in a transnational age /$cKaren Fjelstad and Nguyen Thi Hien.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
300 $ax, 219 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
490 1 $aContemporary anthropology of religion
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [203]-212) and index.
505 0 $aBorder 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".
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aAnthropology of religion$zVietnam.
650 0 $aRites and ceremonies$zVietnam.
650 0 $aMediums$zVietnam.
650 0 $aSpirit possession$zVietnam.
650 0 $aGoddess religion$zVietnam.
651 0 $aVietnam$xReligious life and customs.
651 0 $aVietnam$xSocial life and customs.
700 1 $aHien, Nguyen Thi.
830 0 $aContemporary anthropology of religion.