Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is in short an extraordinary book, a corrective for anyone who Orientalizes shamanic ritual."
* European Journal of Korean Studies *
"[A]n interesting encounter with popular religion in the changing circumstances of Cheju."
* Journal of Asian Studies *
"[A] welcome contribution to an arena that has long needed to study monetary transactions in ritual."
* Asian Ethnology *
"[T]he book is inspiring and innovative in terms of the deep and detailed analysis of the multiple meanings of reciprocity in the context of shamanistic rituals."
* Acta Koreana *
"An insightful and valuable contribution to the study of Korean shamanism, it should find a place on the shelf of anyone who wants to have a better and more complete understanding of this living tradition."
* Journal of American Folklore *
"[C]learly one of the best books on musok out there."
* Religious Studies Review *
