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Spirits without bordersSpirits without borders

Spirits without borders

Karen Fjelstad

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"Spirits without Borders is an ethnographic study of the transnational and multicultural expansion of Vietnam's Mother Goddess Religion and its spirit possession ritual. The product of collaborative research by an American anthropologist and a Vietnamese folklorist, the work explores how and why the ritual spread from Vietnam to the US and back again, the impact of ritual transnationalism in both countries, and the current spread of the ritual to non-Vietnamese in the USA"--Provided by publisher.

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OL Work ID
OL16151592W

Subjects

Religious life and customsSocial life and customsSpirit possessionAnthropology of religionGoddess religionMediumsRites and ceremoniesVietnam, social life and customsAsia, religionSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / CulturalRELIGION / SpiritualitySOCIAL SCIENCE / General

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