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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.

Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations (Maps and Figures); List of Photographs; Acknowledgements; Note on Transcriptions and Translations; 1 Introduction: Power of the Margins; 2 Intruding into People’s Lives; 3 Exploring Inspirational Ontologies; 4 Topographies of Affliction in Postsocialism; 5 Performance of Inspirational Power; 6 Legitimization by Illness and Ancestor Shamans; 7 The shamans’ Economy of Reputation; 8 Imaginations of Powerful Shamans; 9 Beyond Power and Authenticity; Notes; References; Index

About the Author :
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.

Review :
"... On le voit : le présent ouvrage offre, d'une part, un récit circonstancié et très vivant des expériences et opinions d'une soixantaine de chamanes darkhad et, d'autre part, une réflexion vivifiante sur le métier d'anthropologue et les chausse-trapes des interprétations préfabriquées." Françoise Aubin, Bulletin bibliographiques des Archives de sciences sociales des religions, n°160, (février 2013)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781906876111
  • Publisher: Brill
  • Publisher Imprint: Global Oriental Ltd
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 362
  • Series Title: 5 Inner Asia Book Series
  • Weight: 600 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1906876118
  • Publisher Date: 07 Apr 2011
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 27 mm
  • Width: 155 mm


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