Korean Shamanism
Subtitle: The Cultural Paradox (Vitality of Indigenous Religions)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: May 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780754631842
Subjects: Spirituality - General; Shamanism; Korea; Religion - World Religions; Religion; Spirituality - Shamanism; Shamanistic influences; Eastern - General; Social & cultural anthropology; General; Civilization
First sentence: Over two decades ago in an interview, a Korean shaman already raised the paradoxical situation of shamanism in Korean culture in a way very similar to the way I raise it in this book: Still, I tried to read whatever I could find on shamanism to understand why it is so despised but at the same time so widely followed.