Shamans, housewives, and other restless spirits : women in Korean ritual life / / Laurel Kendall

• Autore: Kendall Laurel
• Pubblicazione: Honolulu, : University of Hawaii Press, c1985
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 234 p. ) : ill.
• Disciplina: 299/.57
• Soggetto topico: Shamans - Korea (South); Shamanism - Korea (South); Women - Religious life - Korea (South); Women shamans - Korea (South)
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Bibliography: p. [213]-222.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- ONE A Kut for the Chŏn Family -- TWO Confucian Patriarchs and Spirited Women -- THREE Enduring Pine Village -- FOUR Divine Connections: The Mansin and Her Clients -- FIVE Wood Imps, Ghosts, and Other Noxious Influences -- SIX The Care and Feeding of Household Gods and Kindred Spirits -- SEVEN The Care and Feeding of Ancestors -- EIGHT Women's Rites -- Appendixes -- Appendix 1 The Chŏn Family Kut -- Appendix 2 Major Concerns Expressed in Divination Sessions -- Appendix 3 Ancestors Appearing in Kut -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- Studies of the East Asian Institute
• Altri titoli varianti: Women in Korean ritual life
• Titolo autorizzato: Shamans, housewives and other restless spirits
• ISBN: 0-8248-4483-1; 0-585-31909-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248338603316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Studies of the East Asian Institute.