{"product_id":"engaging-the-spirit-world-popular-beliefs-and-practices-in-modern-southeast-asia-5-asian-anthropologies-5-9780857453587","title":"Engaging the Spirit World Popular Beliefs and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith case studies from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam, these contributions reveal contemporary religious practices in Southeast Asia as thoroughly modern manifestations of uncertainties, moral disquiet and unequal rewards in the contemporary moment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis rich, articulate volume builds on and extends earlier explorations of the intricate connections between popular religious practices and modernity in the region. It offers fascinating insights into the diverse and endlessly creative transformations of Southeast Asian spirit worlds in the late 1990s and 2000s – a period of capitalist growth and widening affluence but also great social, political, and economic instability.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“…\u003cem\u003ea \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003egreat volume that represents a remarkable contribution to the anthropological debate on ‘popular religion’ in contemporary Southeast Asia.\u003c\/em\u003e”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthropos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“…\u003cem\u003ethe editors have carefully selected papers that not only present engrossing ethnographic reports but also show theoretical sophistication. We are treated to explorations of theoretical issues spanning from materiality and ontology to an anthropological critique of modernity and rationality…Overall, this volume as a whole has presented a highly spirited argument against the modernity-secularization thesis. Insights have been provided to under-explored issues in anthropological studies…This has been an enlightening read.\u003c\/em\u003e” \u003cstrong\u003e ·  Asian Anthropologist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePreface\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Multivocal Arenas of Modern Enchantment in Southeast Asia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKirsten W. Endres\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAndrea Lauser\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eCan things reach the dead? The Ontological Status of Objects and the Study of Lao Buddhist Rituals for the Spirits of the Deceased\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePatrice Ladwig\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eSpirited Warriors: Conspiracy and Protection on Lombok\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKari Telle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e From the Mystical to the Molecular: Modernity, Martial Arts and Agency in Java\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLee Wilson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eChanging spirits’ Identities? Rethinking the Four Palaces’ Spirit Representations in the Context of Social and Political Changes in Northern Vietnam\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eClaire Chauvet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eGods, Gifts, Markets, and Superstition: Spirited Consumption from Korea to Vietnam\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLaurel Kendall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eContests of Commemoration: Virgin War Martyrs, State Memorials, and the Invocation of the Spirit World in Contemporary Vietnam\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKirsten W. Endres\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAndrea Lauser\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eTrans-ethnic Cosmologies that Won’t Go Away: \u003cem\u003eKeramat \u003c\/em\u003eSymbolisms in Malaysian Capitalist Sacralization\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBeng-Lan Goh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Being a Spirit Medium in Contemporary Burma\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBénédicte Brac de la Perrière\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eReconfigurations of the Manora Ancestral Worship and Spirit Possession in Southern Thailand\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlexander Horstmann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Horror of the Modern: Violation, Violence, and the Rampage of Urban Youths in the Contemporary Thai Ghost Films\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePattana Kitiarsa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038908973399,"sku":"9780857453587","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857453587.jpg?v=1750941898","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/engaging-the-spirit-world-popular-beliefs-and-practices-in-modern-southeast-asia-5-asian-anthropologies-5-9780857453587","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}