The Contraction and Expansion of Shamanic Landscapes in Contemporary South Korea Laurel Kendall In contemporary South Korea, shamans and clients navigate a landscape of sacred mountain space, a map that is being reconfigured by urban development, roads, congestion, and tourism but remains a sacred landscape nonetheless. I am following other anthropologists and critical geographers in their...
The ability to speak the words of the spirits (kongsu) is central to shamanic practice, and the opening of a prospective shaman's “gates of speech” (malmun) is the central task of an initiation ritual. This chapter tells the story of a bashful, reticent initiate, Chini, and the initiating shamans' struggles to open her gates of speech. The analysis of hours of video, and the opportunity to...
ABSTRACTS Recent studies have taught us that “religion” is not a fixed category but an instrument of popular consciousness. While the studies' subjects have often been victims of colonialism and capitalist exploitation, cultural production through magical means need not be restricted to a society's most oppressed elements. Counter to the expectations of Max Weber, for whom capitalism marched to...
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