Title: Tragic Spirits Shamanism Memory And Gender In Contemporary Mongolia
Description: "The collapse of socialism at the end of the twentieth century brought devastating changes to Mongolia. Economic shock therapy--an immediate liberalization of trade and privatization of publicly owned assets--quickly led to impoverishment, especially in rural parts of the country, where Tragic Spirits takes place. Following the travels of the nomadic Buryats, Manduhai Buyandelger tells a story not only of economic devastation but also a remarkable Buryat response to it--the revival of shamanic practices after decades of socialist suppression." -- Publisher website.
Subjects: Shamanism, Liberalism (religion), Communism and religion, Mongolia, history, Russia (federation), history, History, Buriats, Religion, Economic conditions, Neoliberalism, Religious aspects, Religious life and customs, Communism and religion--history, Communism and religion--russia (federation)--buri︠a︡tii︠a︡--history, Shamanism--history, Shamanism--russia (federation)--buri︠a︡tii︠a︡--history--20th century, Shamanism--mongolia--bai͡an-uul sum--history--20th century, Buriats--religion, Buriats--religion--20th century, Buriats--economic conditions, Buriats--economic conditions--20th century, Neoliberalism--religious aspects, Neoliberalism--mongolia--religious aspects, Communism and religion--mongolia--history, Buriats--religion--history, Buriats--religion--history--20th century, Gn635.m66 b89 2013, 299/.42