TY  - BOOK
AU  - Endres,Kirsten W.
AU  - Fjelstad,Karen
AU  - Hien,Nguyen Thi
AU  - Kendall,Laurel
AU  - Larsson,Viveca
AU  - Maiffret,Lisa
AU  - Norton,Barley
AU  - Phuong,Pham Quynh
AU  - Thinh,Ngo Due
TI  - Possessed by the Spirits: Mediumship in Contemporary Vietnamese Communities 
SN  - 9781501719141
AV  - BF1242.V5P67 2006 
U1  - 299.5/92 
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Mediums
KW  - Vietnam
KW  - Spirit possession
KW  - Vietnamese Americans
KW  - Religion
KW  - Asian Studies
KW  - Religious Studies
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; THE MOTHER GODDESS RELIGION: ITS HISTORY, PANTHEON, AND PRACTICES --; TRAN HUNG DAO AND THE MOTHER GODDESS RELIGION --; "HOT-TEMPERED" WOMEN AND "EFFEMINATE" MEN: THE PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC AND GENDER IN VIETNAMESE MEDIUMSHIP --; SPIRIT PERFORMANCE AND THE RITUAL CONSTRUCTION OF PERSONAL IDENTITY IN MODERN VIETNAM --; WE HAVE LEN DONG TOO": TRANSNATIONAL ASPECTS OF SPIRIT POSSESSION --; GIFTS FROM THE SPIRITS: SPIRIT POSSESSION AND PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION AMONG SILICON VALLEY SPIRIT MEDIUMS --; "A BIT OF A SPIRIT FAVOR IS EQUAL TO A LOAD OF MUNDANE GIFTS": VOTIVE PAPER OFFERINGS OF LEN DONG RITUALS IN POST-RENOVATION VIETNAM --; "CHILDREN OF THE SPIRITS, FOLLOWERS OF A MASTER": SPIRIT MEDIUMS IN POST-RENOVATION VIETNAM --; DO THE FOUR PALACES INHABIT AN EAST ASIAN LANDSCAPE? --; GLOSSARY; restricted access
N2  - The essays in this volume examine the resurgence of the Mother Goddess religion among contemporary Vietnamese following the economic "Renovation" period in Vietnam. Anthropologists explore the forces that compel individuals to become mediums and the social repercussions of their decisions and interactions
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501719141
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501719141
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501719141/original
ER  -