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"Title first published in 2003. Shamanism has a contradictory position within the Korean cultural system, leading to the periodical suppression of shamanism yet also, paradoxically, ensuring its survival throughout Korean history. This book examines the place of shamans within contemporary society as a cultural practice in which people make use of shamanic ritual and disputing the prevalent view that shamanism is 'popular culture', a 'women's religion' or 'performing arts'. Directly confronting the prejudice against shamans and their paradoxical situation in a modern society such as Korea, this book reveals the cultural discrepancy between two worlds in Korean culture, the ordinary world and the shamanic world, showing that these two worlds cannot be reconciled. This unique study of shamanism offers a significant contribution to growing studies in indigenous anthropology and indigenous religions, and provides a captivating read for a wide range of readers through retelling the stories-never-to-be-told involving shamanic ritual."--Provided by publisher.
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Korean Shamanism: The Cultural Paradox
2018, Taylor & Francis Group
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1351772147 9781351772143
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Korean Shamanism: The Cultural Paradox
2017, Taylor & Francis Group
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1138710512 9781138710511
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Korean Shamanism: the Cultural Paradox
2017, Taylor and Francis, Taylor & Francis Group
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Korean Shamanism: The Cultural Paradox (Vitality of Indigenous Religions Series) (Vitality of Indigenous Religions Series) (Vitality of Indigenous Religions Series)
May 2003, Ashgate Publishing
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0754631850 9780754631859
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Korean Shamanism: The Cultural Paradox (Vitality of Indigenous Religions)
May 2003, Ashgate Publishing
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"Over two decades ago in an interview, a Korean shaman already raised the paradoxical situation of shamanism in Korean culture in a way very similar to the way I raise it in this book: Still, I tried to read whatever I could find on shamanism to understand why it is so despised but at the same time so widely followed."
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