[KS] Korean Shamanism

Keith Howard kh at soas.ac.uk
Wed Nov 18 14:51:48 EST 1998


Since I accidentally posted details of a new book to the mail list a few
weeks ago, a number of colleagues have requested further details. Here they
are, with apologies to those who are not interested.

Korean Shamanism: Revivals, Survivals, and Change
ed. Keith Howard
Seoul Press/Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
viii + 258 pages
ISBN 89-7225-094-5, 1998

Contents:
Preface
Keith Howard	Korean Shamanism Today
Tae-gon Kim	What is Korean Shamanism?
Seong-Nae Kim	Problems in Defining Shaman Types and Local Variations
Hyun-key Kim Hogarth	'Trance' and 'Possession Trance' in the Perspective
of Korean Shamanism
Boudewijn Walraven  Interpretations and Reinterpretations of Popular
Religion in the Last Decades of the Chosôn Dynasty
Alexandre Guillemoz    What do the Naerim Mudang from Seoul Learn?
Laurel Kendall	The Shaman's Journey: Real and Ideal in a Living Folk Tradition
Janice C. H. Kim	Processes of Feminine Power: Shamans in Central Korea
James Huntley Grayson	Christianity and Korean Religions: Accommodation as
an Aspect of the Emplantation of a World Religion
Judy Van Zile	Movement in Shamanic Contexts: An Inquiry
Keith Howard	Preserving the Spirits? Rituals, State Sponsorship, and
Performance
Bibliography
Glossary
Index

Price: 25,000 won or $25

RAS contact details: CPO Box 255, Seoul, Korea. Tel: 822 763 9483; Fax: 822
766 3796


Keith Howard

Dr Keith Howard
Head, Department of Music
Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies and Music
SOAS,Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square,
London WC1H 0XG, UK
T: 0171 323 6188;  F: 0171 637 6182; EMail: kh at soas.ac.uk




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