Title: Spirits without borders
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.
Subjects: Religious life and customs, Social life and customs, Spirit possession, Anthropology of religion, Goddess religion, Mediums, Rites and ceremonies, Vietnam, social life and customs, Asia, religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural, RELIGION / Spirituality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Places: Vietnam