Mediums and Magical Things
Statues, Paintings, and Masks in Asian Places
$71.97
- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
25 May 2021
Summary
Paintings, statues, and masks—like the bodies of shamans and spirit mediums—give material form and presence to otherwise invisible entities, and sometimes these objects are understood to be enlivened, agentive on their own terms. This book explores how magical images are expected to work with the shamans and spirit mediums who tend and use them in contemporary South Korea, Vietnam, Myanmar, Bali, and elsewhere in Asia. It considers how such things are fabricated, marketed, cared for, disposed…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520298675 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0520298675 |
| Author: | Laurel Kendall |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 25 May 2021 |
| Weight: | 499g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 20mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Mediums and Magical Things makes a valuable contribution to the study of material religion, anthropology of religion, and religion in modernity. It is a timely volume that will no doubt fulfill Kendall’s hope that it ‘propel others down similar paths’.” * Nova Religio *“Mediums and Magic Things contributes to the study of material religion and the anthropology of religion in a very readable and easily accessible way.” * Religious Studies Review *
About The Author
Laurel Kendall
Laurel Kendall is Curator of Asian Ethnographic Collections at the American Museum of Natural History and Senior Research Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University.
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