Spirits without borders: Vietnamese spirit mediums in a transnational age

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. KAREN FJELSTAD is a Lecturer in Anthropology at San Jose State University,USA. NGUYEN THI HIEN teaches at the Institute of Culture and Information Studies in Hanoi, Vietnam. INDICE: Border Crossings: Setting The Theoretical Stage - Spirited Research: Studying Lên Ðong in Vietnam and California - Ðao Mau Spirits, Temples, andRituals - Spiritual Callings: Becoming a Medium in the Contemporary World - 'Lên Donging' in Silicon Valley - The Vietnam-Cali Connection - 'You Have to Respect the Local Spirits'

• ISBN: 978-0-230-11493-7
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 230
• Fecha Publicación: 08/07/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés