Kirsten W. (Hrsg.) Endres

Engaging the Spirit World

Popular Beliefs and Practices in Modern Southeast Asia

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In many parts of the contemporary world, spirit beliefs and practices have taken on a pivotal role in addressing the discontinuities and uncertainties of modern life. The myriad ways in which devotees engage the spirit world show the tremendous creative potential of these practices and their innate adaptability to changing times and circumstances. Through in-depth anthropological case studies from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam, the contributors to this book investigate the role and impact of different social, political, and economic dynamics in the reconfiguration of local spirit worlds in modern Southeast Asia. T… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Lauser, Andrea (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-85745-359-4
EAN: 9780857453594
Produktnummer: 20453433
Verlag: Berghahn Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 238 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 2'939 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Reihenbandnummer: 5

Über den Autor

Andrea Lauser is Professor in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany. She is a member of and lecturer in a new area studies network Dynamics of Religion in Southeast-Asia, composed of the Southeast Asia departments of Hamburg, Berlin, Muenster, Heidelberg and Göttingen, and funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).