03457nam a2200577Ka 4500 ocn795707311 OCoLC 20200709055540.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 120618s2011 dk a ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9788776946135 (electronic bk.) 8776946134 (electronic bk.) 9788776940751 8776940756 9788776940768 8776940764 (OCoLC)795707311 461633 (N$T) a-vt--- BF1242.V5 E53 2011eb REL 024000 bisacsh 299.5922 22 LC 52415 rvk RR 55962 rvk N$TA Endres, Kirsten W. Performing the divine [electronic resource] : mediums, markets and modernity in urban Vietnam / Kirsten W. Endres. Copenhagen : NIAS Press ; Abingdon : Marston [distributor], 2011. 1 online resource (xiii, 240 p.) : ill. NIAS monographs ; no. 118 "Vietnam in the last two decades has experienced not only market reform and significant economic growth but also a related, symbiotic revival of popular religion. It is no surprise, then, that popular beliefs and rituals that once were attacked as wasteful and superstitious have again become a conspicuous feature of contemporary urban and rural life. A new blossoming of spirit mediumship has been part of this revival, not least that involving ritual possession by the deities of the Four Palace Pantheon, which this study based in urban Hanoi brings to life with a deft handling of complex theory, historical research, ethnographic material and analysis. This is indeed a sojourn into the world of mediumship in contemporary urban Vietnam - a spirited world full of colour, laughter, music and ritual dance that operates according to its own rules and principles - but it is also an insightful study of spirituality, performance, gender and heritage, one that highlights the fluidity of ritual practice and contestations of ritual performance among practitioners."--Publisher's website. Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-226) and index. Introduction : inviting the spirits -- Personal fate and spirit identities -- Performing the divine -- Negotiating the rules of proper performance -- The (gendered) world of mediumship -- The heritagisation of Four Palace mediumship -- Epilogue : return to the realm. Description based on print version record. Mediums Vietnam. Spirit possession Vietnam. Vietnam Religious life and customs. Vietnam Religion Economic aspects. Religion. (DE-588c)4049396-9 swd Ritual. (DE-588c)4050164-4 swd Vietnam. (DE-588c)4063514-4 swd RELIGION / Eastern bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Endres, Kirsten W. Performing the divine. Copenhagen : NIAS Press ; Abingdon : Marston [distributor], 2011 9788776940751 (OCoLC)751139429 Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series ; no. 118. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=461633 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51341 51341