Korean shamanist ritual
Subtitle: symbols and dramas of transformation
By: Daniel A. Kister.
Series: Bibliotheca shamanistica,; v. 5
Publisher: Akadémiai Kiadó
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Budapest
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Shamanism -- Korea.; Korea -- Religion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-170) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART ONE; title: THE WORLD OF KOREAN SHAMANIST RITUAL; title: Chapter One. Korean Shamanist Rituals; title: Communal Village Rites; title: Chapter Two. The Shamanist Community's Signs; title: Revelatory Signs; title: Aesthetic Signs; title: Sacramental Signs; title: Sacred Signs; title: Chapter Three. Realms of the Sacred; title: Nature; title: Childbirth; title: Death; title: The Shaman's Life; title: Chapter Four. The People's Mudang, The Gods, and Evil; title: The People's Mudang; title: The Community's Gods; title: The Community's Perception of Evil; title: Chapter Five. Death Rites: Korean Shamanist and Christian; title: PART TWO; title: KOREAN SHAMANIST RITUAL DRAMA; title: Chapter Six. The Dynamics of Kut Drama; title: Mimetic Representation and Wonder; title: Psycho-drama and Comic Play; title: Dramatic Movement and Destiny; title: The Drama of Life; title: Chapter Seven. The Comic Dynamics of the Kori-kut; title: The "Schoolmaster"; title: The "Civil Service Exam"; title: The "Blind Man"; title: "Boat Play" and "Childbirth"; title: Chapter Eight. The Aesthetics of Kut Drama; title: The sublime and the Comic; title: Creative Chaos; title: Harmonious Unity; title: Dramatic Intensity; title: PART THREE; title: THE KOREAN SHAMANIST COMMUNITY; title: Chapter Nine. The Kut Community's World and Korean Culture.