Description: Further DetailsTitle: Fortune and the CursedCondition: NewSubtitle: The Sliding Scale of Time in Mongolian DivinationISBN-10: 085745482XEAN: 9780857454829ISBN: 9780857454829Publisher: Berghahn BooksFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 06/01/2012Description: Innovation-making is a classic theme in anthropology that reveals how people fine-tune their ontologies, live in the world and conceive of it as they do. This ethnographic study is an entrance into the world of Buryat Mongol divination, where a group of cursed shamans undertake the ‘race against time’ to produce innovative remedies that will improve their fallen fortunes at an unconventional pace. Drawing on parallels between social anthropology and chaos theory, the author gives an in-depth account of how Buryat shamans and their notion of fortune operate as ‘strange attractors’ who propagate the ongoing process of innovation-making. With its view into this long-term ‘cursing war’ between two shamanic factions in a rural Mongolian district, and the comparative findings on cursing in rural China, this book is a needed resource for anyone with an interest in the anthropology of religion, shamanism, witchcraft and genealogical change.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 549gAuthor: Katherine SwancuttGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: Society & Culture, Social SciencesBook Series: Epistemologies of HealingRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Fortune and the Cursed
Title: Fortune and the Cursed
Subtitle: The Sliding Scale of Time in Mongolian Divination
ISBN-10: 085745482X
EAN: 9780857454829
ISBN: 9780857454829
Release Date: 06/01/2012
Release Year: 2012
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Social Sciences
Number of Pages: 284 Pages
Publication Name: Fortune and the Cursed : the Sliding Scale of Time in Mongolian Divination
Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2012
Subject: Shamanism, Sociology / General, General, Healing, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions, Divination / General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Author: Katherine Swancutt
Item Length: 9.3 in
Subject Area: Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion, Social Science, Medical
Item Width: 6.2 in
Series: Epistemologies of Healing Ser.
Format: Hardcover
