Healing Rhythms
Subtitle: The World of South Korea's East Coast Hereditary Shamans (Soas Musicology Series)
Edition: Har/Com edition
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: August 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9780754658450
Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology; Music; Music/Songbooks; South Korea; Religious - General; History & Criticism - General; History and criticism; Korea (South); Shamanism; Shamans
Description: The author considers who the hereditary shamans - mudang - of South Korea are, what their healing rituals involve, what their instruments are, how the rituals are learnt and much more.