Shamans and Elders by Humphrey

Shamans and Elders by Humphrey

This work is a ground breaking study of Mongolian shamanism and society, past and present. Lavishly illustrated and containing a wealth of new information, it presents a fresh understanding of the widespread phenomenon of shamanism. It looks at gender and ritual, female shamans and goddess worship, death and funeral rituals, the importance of old men and ancestors, and Daur notions of landscape within their direct experience and beyond.

this deep and complex work is full of vivid pictures of Daur life and belief * Alan JK. Sanders, Asian Affairs, February 1997 *
Though valuable for its detailed ethnographic accounts of Daur shamanism and culture, the book is vastly more than a straightforward ethnography ... an engrossing journey of interpretation through the ideas and recollections of a manifold, challenging "Other", on which readers are continuously challenged to reflect upon and mitigate for themselves. * Mark Bender, Central Asia *

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ISBN 13	9780198280682
ISBN 10	0198280688
Title	Shamans and Elders
Author	Humphrey
Series	Oxford Studies In Social And Cultural Anthropology
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	1996-03-28
Number of pages	410
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