ISBN:
9781598741339
,
9781598741322
,
1598741330
Language:
English
Pages:
XX, 282 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
DDC:
201.44095
Keywords:
Shamanism
;
Mythology, Asian
;
Religion and state
;
Sex role
;
Shamanism East Asia
;
Mythology, Asian
;
Religion and state East Asia
;
Sex role East Asia
;
East Asia Religious life and customs
;
East Asia Religious life and customs
;
Ostasien
;
Schamane
;
Staat
;
Entstehung
;
Ostasien
;
Schamanismus
;
Geschichte
;
Ostasien
;
Schamanismus
;
Machtstruktur
;
Geschichte
;
Schamanin
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Staat
;
Entstehung
;
Sozialanthropologie
Abstract:
Orientation to shamanism and the origin of states : spirit, power, and gender in East Asia -- Landscapes, legends, and skyscapes -- What is a shaman? -- Power, leadership, and gender -- Shamanism in the East Asian neolithic -- Shamanism in early Chinese states -- Shamanism in Korea -- Shamanism in the Japanese islands -- Retying the knots : leadership, ideology, cultural patterns, gender, and shamans in East Asia
Description / Table of Contents:
Orientation -- Landscapes, legends, and skyscapes -- What is a shaman? -- Power, leadership and gender -- Shamanism in the East Asian neolithic -- Shamanism in early Chinese states -- Shamanism in Korea -- Shamanism in Japan -- Rewinding the strands : leadership, ideology, cultural patterns, gender, and shamans in East Asia
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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