3 papers in the library · 72 citations · publishing 1984-2009
University of Hawaii Press eBooks September 1, 2009 Laurel Kendall
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...
American Anthropologist September 1, 1996 Laurel Kendall 71 citations
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...
Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) March 28, 1984 Laurel Kendall 1 citation
『みんぱくリポジトリ』 は、国立民族学博物館における研究成果を収集し、世界に公開するための発信拠点です。 "National Museum of Ethnology Repository" is the database to store and provide digital resourses created by National Museum of Ethnology