The shaman's wages [electronic resource] : trading in ritual on Cheju Island / Kyoim Yun.

"Most studies of Korean shamanism--a popular religion that is both celebrated and stigmatized--have minimized regional differences, focusing on shamans from central Korea whose work involves spirit possession. Less attention has been paid to hereditary shamans, a number of whom have resided for cent...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Yun, Kyoim (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]
Series:	Korean studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
Subjects:	Shamanism > Korea (South) > Cheju Island. Economic anthropology > Korea (South) > Cheju Island. Shamanism > Rituals. Cheju Island (Korea) > Religious life and customs.
Online Access:	EBSCO eBooks: 2019 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2019 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	The Shaman's Wages: Trading in Ritual on Cheju Island
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

A neo-Confucian reformer's 1702 purge
Cultural politics of Cheju shamanism in the twentieth century
The art of ritual exchange
Skillful performer or avaricious animator?
A Kut as heritage goods with the UNESCO brand.