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Lieferstatus:	i.d.R. innert 14-24 Tagen versandfertig
Veröffentlichung:	Juni 2012
Genre:	Religion
ISBN:	9780857454829
EAN-Code:	9780857454829
Verlag:	Berghahn Books
Einband:	Gebunden
Sprache:	English
Serie:	#11 - Epistemologies of Healing
Dimensionen:	H 235 mm / B 157 mm / D 20 mm
Gewicht:	568 gr
Seiten:	284
Zus. Info:	HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
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Inhalt:

Innovation-making is a classic theme in anthropology that reveals how people fine-tune their ontologies, live in the world and conceive of it as they do. This ethnographic study is an entrance into the world of Buryat Mongol divination, where a group of cursed shamans undertake the 'race against time' to produce innovative remedies that will improve their fallen fortunes at an unconventional pace. Drawing on parallels between social anthropology and chaos theory, the author gives an in-depth account of how Buryat shamans and their notion of fortune operate as 'strange attractors' who propagate the ongoing process of innovation-making. With its view into this long-term 'cursing war' between two shamanic factions in a rural Mongolian district, and the comparative findings on cursing in rural China, this book is a needed resource for anyone with an interest in the anthropology of religion, shamanism, witchcraft and genealogical change.