Korean Shamanism
Subtitle: The Cultural Paradox (Vitality of Indigenous Religions Series) (Vitality of Indigenous Religions Series) (Vitality of Indigenous Religions Series)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: May 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780754631859
Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology; Shamanism; Korea; Religion; Religion - World Religions; Shamanistic influences; Eastern - General; Spirituality - Shamanism; General; Spirituality - 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.