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"Mediums and Magical Things makes a valuable contribution to the study of material religion, anthropology of religion, and religion in modernity. It is a timely volume that will no doubt fulfill Kendall’s hope that it ‘propel others down similar paths’." * Nova Religio *
"Mediums and Magic Things contributes to the study of material religion and the anthropology of religion in a very readable and easily accessible way." * Religious Studies Review *

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Conventions

1. MacGuffins and Magical Things
2. Ensoulments
3. Materiality, Making, and Magic
4. Agency and Assemblage
5. The Ambiguities of the Unsacred
6. Afterlives
Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index

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    Publisher: University of California Press
    Publication Date: 25/05/2021
    ISBN13: 9780520298675, 978-0520298675
    ISBN10: 0520298675
    Also in:
    History of art Asian history Sociology and anthropology

    Description

    Book Synopsis


    Trade Review
    "Mediums and Magical Things makes a valuable contribution to the study of material religion, anthropology of religion, and religion in modernity. It is a timely volume that will no doubt fulfill Kendall’s hope that it ‘propel others down similar paths’." * Nova Religio *
    "Mediums and Magic Things contributes to the study of material religion and the anthropology of religion in a very readable and easily accessible way." * Religious Studies Review *

    Table of Contents
    List of Illustrations
    Preface and Acknowledgments
    Conventions

    1. MacGuffins and Magical Things
    2. Ensoulments
    3. Materiality, Making, and Magic
    4. Agency and Assemblage
    5. The Ambiguities of the Unsacred
    6. Afterlives
    Conclusion

    Notes
    Bibliography
    Index

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