The Constitution and Contestation of Darhad Shamans' Power in Contemporary Mongolia

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-906876-11-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 362 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 708 g

Reihe: Inner Asia Book Series

This book offers an in-depth insight into post-socialist rural shamans in Mongolia thereby making a rare but important contribution to the ethnography of both Inner Asia and Southern Siberia. It examines the social making of shamans, in particular those of the Shishget depression of the northernmost borders of Mongolia. By analysing practices, discourses and performances in local and national arenas, the author traces the social constitution of the shamans’ inspirational power, examines the shamans’ performance of power during the seance, discusses the economy of reputation of successful shamans and scrutinizes their legitimizing practices. The study will be welcomed by students of social/cultural anthropology and religious studies with a particular interest in shamanism or ritual studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hangartner, Judith

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations (Maps and Figures); List of Photographs; Acknowledgements; Note on Transcriptions and Translations; 1 Introduction: Power of the Margins; 2 Intruding into People’s Lives; 3 Exploring Inspirational Ontologies; 4 Topographies of Affliction in Postsocialism; 5 Performance of Inspirational Power; 6 Legitimization by Illness and Ancestor Shamans; 7 The shamans’ Economy of Reputation; 8 Imaginations of Powerful Shamans; 9 Beyond Power and Authenticity; Notes; References; Index

Über Autor(innen)

Judith Hangartner is a social anthropologist holding a senior research position at Bern University of Teacher Education, Switzerland. She is an associate researcher of the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, and a member of the Swiss Ethnological Society and the Mongolia Society. Regularly visiting Mongolia since 1996, she has extensively travelled on horseback through the countryside and shared the daily life of herding families.