Folkestone, Kent, England, UK [福克斯通, 肯特郡, 英格蘭, 英國]
叢書名
Inner Asia Book Series
叢書號
5
資料類型
書籍=Book
使用語言
英文=English
附註項
Judith Hangartner is a social anthropologist holding a senior research position at Bern University of Teacher Education, Switzerland. She is an associate researcher of the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, and a member of the Swiss Ethnological Society and the Mongolia Society. Regularly visiting Mongolia since 1996, she has extensively travelled on horseback through the countryside and shared the daily life of herding families.
摘要
This book offers an in-depth insight into post-socialist rural shamans in Mongolia thereby making a rare but important contribution to the ethnography of both Inner Asia and Southern Siberia. It examines the social making of shamans, in particular those of the Shishget depression of the northernmost borders of Mongolia. By analysing practices, discourses and performances in local and national arenas, the author traces the social constitution of the shamans’ inspirational power, examines the shamans’ performance of power during the seance, discusses the economy of reputation of successful shamans and scrutinizes their legitimizing practices. The study will be welcomed by students of social/cultural anthropology and religious studies with a particular interest in shamanism or ritual studies.
目次
Preliminary Material i–xiv
Chapter 1: Introduction: Power of the Margins 1–18 Chapter 2: Intruding into People’s Lives 19–50 Chapter 3: Exploring Inspirational Ontologies 51–87 Chapter 4: Topographies of Affliction in Postsocialism 88–122 Chapter 5: Performance of Inspirational Power 123–169 Chapter 6: Legitimization by Illness and Ancestor Shamans 170–227 Chapter 7: The shamans’ Economy of Reputation 228–287 Chapter 8: Imaginations of Powerful Shamans 288–320 Chapter 9: Beyond Power and Authenticity 321–334
