Title: Tragic spirits : shamanism, memory, and gender in contemporary Mongolia /
Authors: Buyandelger, Manduhai
Year: 2013
Subjects: Communism and religion Russia (Federation) Buri︠a︡tii︠a︡ History.; Shamanism Russia (Federation) Buri︠a︡tii︠a︡ History; Shamanism Mongolia Bai͡an-Uul Sum History; Buriats Religion; Buriats Economic conditions; Neoliberalism Mongolia Religious aspects.; Communism and religion Mongolia History.; Buriats Religion History; Bai︠a︡n-Uul Sum (Mongolia) Economic conditions; Bai︠a︡n-Uul Sum (Mongolia) Religious life and customs.
Abstract: "The collapse of socialism at the end of the twentieth century brought devastating changes to Mongolia. Economic shock therapy--an immediate liberalization of trade and privatization of publicly owned assets--quickly led to impoverishment, especially in rural parts of the country, where Tragic Spirits takes place. Following the travels of the nomadic Buryats, Manduhai Buyandelger tells a story not only of economic devastation but also a remarkable Buryat response to it--the revival of shamanic practices after decades of socialist suppression." -- Publisher website.
Contents: Introduction: The return of the suppressed -- Mobile histories -- Technologies of forgetting, state socialism, and potential memories -- Genealogies of misfortune -- Thriving and silent stories -- Ironies of gender neutrality -- Persuasion and power -- Incomplete lives.