Spirits without Borders [electronic resource] : Vietnamese Spirit Mediums in a Transnational Age /
Fjelstad, K.author.
Hien, N.author.
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 work explores how and why the ritual spread from Vietnam to the US and back again and the impact of ritual transnationalism in both countries.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Titlepage; Coptright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Glossary; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 work explores how and why the ritual spread from Vietnam to the US and back again and the impact of ritual transnationalism in both countries.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Ethnology.
Religion and sociology.
Anthropology.
Spirituality.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Social Anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology.
Sociology of Religion.
Anthropology.
Spirituality.