KOREAN SHAMANISM: THE CULTURAL PARADOX.
Series: VITALITY OF INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS
Publisher: ASHGATE
Published: 2003
Place of publication: ALDERSHOT
Language: und
Number of pages: 248
Description: Chongho Kim's study is based upon fieldwork in the small town of Soy and in Seoul. The study addresses the place of shamans in modern Korean society and the cultural paradox of the existence of shamanism in a society that sees such a phenomenon as a kindof superstition.