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Contemporary Korean Shamanism is ethnographically based, uses a wide range of sources and materials, and contains extensive interviews with shamans both female and male (Korean shamans are predominantly female). The book does not discuss in detail specific individual rituals or shamanistic traditions, all of which can be found in other sources. It is principally about the transformation of the image of a religious tradition and how this occurred. As such, it is of interest not only to ethnographers, folklorists, and students of religion, but also to scholars concerned with social and cultural change.

-- James H. Grayson * Folklore *

Table of Contents

Accessing Audiovisual Materials
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Introduction
1. Gods on Stage: A Mediated Performance
2. The Changing Image of Musok in Films
3. Agendas, Power, and Ideology in Museum Displays of Korean Shamanism
4. Getting to Know a Korean Shaman through Television Representations
5. Shamans Online: Internet Promotion of Musok Practitioners
Conclusion: From Ritual to the World Wide Web and Back
References
Index

Contemporary Korean Shamanism

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      Publisher Indiana University Press
      Published 3 August 2021
      ISBN-13 9780253057174
      978-0253057174
      ISBN-10 0253057175
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      Modern paganism, Druidry and earth religions Folklore studies / Study of myth Not Just Books Stationery

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      Contemporary Korean Shamanism is ethnographically based, uses a wide range of sources and materials, and contains extensive interviews with shamans both female and male (Korean shamans are predominantly female). The book does not discuss in detail specific individual rituals or shamanistic traditions, all of which can be found in other sources. It is principally about the transformation of the image of a religious tradition and how this occurred. As such, it is of interest not only to ethnographers, folklorists, and students of religion, but also to scholars concerned with social and cultural change.

      -- James H. Grayson * Folklore *

      Table of Contents

      Accessing Audiovisual Materials
      Acknowledgments
      Note on Transliteration
      Introduction
      1. Gods on Stage: A Mediated Performance
      2. The Changing Image of Musok in Films
      3. Agendas, Power, and Ideology in Museum Displays of Korean Shamanism
      4. Getting to Know a Korean Shaman through Television Representations
      5. Shamans Online: Internet Promotion of Musok Practitioners
      Conclusion: From Ritual to the World Wide Web and Back
      References
      Index

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