Spirits without borders
Subtitle: Vietnamese spirit mediums in a transnational age
By: Karen Fjelstad and Nguyen Thi Hien
Contributors: Hien, Nguyen Thi
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Contemporary anthropology of religion; Contemporary anthropology of religion
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780230114937
Subjects: Religious life and customs; Social life and customs; Spirit possession; Anthropology of religion; Goddess religion; Mediums; Rites and ceremonies
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-212) and index.
Table of contents: title: Border crossings : setting the theoretical stage; title: Spirited research : studying lên đò̂ng in Vietnam and California; title: Đạo Mã̂u spirits, temples, and rituals; title: Spiritual callings : becoming a medium in the contemporary world; title: "Lên đò̂nging" in Silicon Valley; title: The Vietnam-Cali connection; title: "You have to respect the local spirits".