Spirits without Borders
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Spirits without Borders

Vietnamese Spirit Mediums in a Transnational Age

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Spirits without Borders

Vietnamese Spirit Mediums in a Transnational Age

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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 work explores how and why the ritual spread from Vietnam to the US and back again and the impact of ritual transnationalism in both countries.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2011
ISBN
9780230119703
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Regional Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Chapter 1 Border Crossings: Setting the Theoretical Stage
  7. Chapter 2 Spirited Research: Studying LĂȘn Ðồng in Vietnam and California
  8. Chapter 3 ÐáșĄo Máș«u Spirits, Temples, and Rituals
  9. Chapter 4 Spiritual Callings: Becoming a Medium in the Contemporary World
  10. Chapter 5 “LĂȘn Ðồnging” in Silicon Valley
  11. Chapter 6 The Vietnam-Cali Connection
  12. Chapter 7 “You Have to Respect the Local Spirits”
  13. Glossary
  14. Notes
  15. References
  16. Index