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Engaging the spirit world : popular beliefs and practices in modern Southeast Asia / edited by Kirsten W. Endres and Andrea Lauser.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Asian anthropologies ; v. 5.Publication details: New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (x, 244 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780857453594
  • 0857453599
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Engaging the Spirit World : Popular Beliefs and Practices in Modern Southeast Asia.DDC classification:
  • 133.90959 23
LOC classification:
  • BF1242.S644 .E54 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Engaging the Spirit World; Asian Anthropologies; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Introduction: Multivocal Arenas of Modern Enchantment in Southeast Asia; 1: Can Things Reach the Dead? The Ontological Status of Objects and the Study of Lao Buddhist Rituals for the Spirits of the Deceased; 2: Spirited Warriors: Conspiracy and Protection on Lombok; 3: From the Mystical to the Molecular: Modernity, Martial Arts, and Agency in Java; 4: Changing Spirit Identities: Rethinking the Four Palaces' Spirit Representations in Northern Vietnam.
5: Gods, Gifts, Markets, and Superstition: Spirited Consumption from Korea to Vietnam6: Contests of Comm emoration: Virgin War Martyrs, State Memorials, and the Invocation of the Spirit World in Contemporary Vietnam; 7: Spirit Cults and Construction Sites: Trans-ethnic Popular Religion and Keramat Symbolism in Contemporary Malaysia; 8: Being a Spirit Medium in Contemporary Burma; 9: Reconfiguring Manora Rongkru: Ancestor Worship and Spirit Possession in Southern Thailand; 10: The Horror of the Modern: Violation, Violence, and Ramp aging Urban Youths in Contemporary Thai Ghost Films.
Summary: In many parts of the contemporary world, spirit beliefs and practices have taken on a pivotal role in addressing the discontinuities and uncertainties of modern life. The myriad ways in which devotees engage the spirit world show the tremendous creative potential of these practices and their innate adaptability to changing times and circumstances. Through in-depth anthropological case studies from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam, the contributors to this book investigate the role and impact of different social, political, and economic dynamics in the reconfiguration o.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Engaging the Spirit World; Asian Anthropologies; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Introduction: Multivocal Arenas of Modern Enchantment in Southeast Asia; 1: Can Things Reach the Dead? The Ontological Status of Objects and the Study of Lao Buddhist Rituals for the Spirits of the Deceased; 2: Spirited Warriors: Conspiracy and Protection on Lombok; 3: From the Mystical to the Molecular: Modernity, Martial Arts, and Agency in Java; 4: Changing Spirit Identities: Rethinking the Four Palaces' Spirit Representations in Northern Vietnam.

5: Gods, Gifts, Markets, and Superstition: Spirited Consumption from Korea to Vietnam6: Contests of Comm emoration: Virgin War Martyrs, State Memorials, and the Invocation of the Spirit World in Contemporary Vietnam; 7: Spirit Cults and Construction Sites: Trans-ethnic Popular Religion and Keramat Symbolism in Contemporary Malaysia; 8: Being a Spirit Medium in Contemporary Burma; 9: Reconfiguring Manora Rongkru: Ancestor Worship and Spirit Possession in Southern Thailand; 10: The Horror of the Modern: Violation, Violence, and Ramp aging Urban Youths in Contemporary Thai Ghost Films.

In many parts of the contemporary world, spirit beliefs and practices have taken on a pivotal role in addressing the discontinuities and uncertainties of modern life. The myriad ways in which devotees engage the spirit world show the tremendous creative potential of these practices and their innate adaptability to changing times and circumstances. Through in-depth anthropological case studies from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam, the contributors to this book investigate the role and impact of different social, political, and economic dynamics in the reconfiguration o.

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