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Src: The Asian Studies Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
15 Feb 2000
Annotated
bibliography on shamanism in Chinese culture
Barend ter Haar, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Description:
"The first problem that one encounters in studying shamanism is one of
definition and terminology, since this largely determines
the inclusion or exclusion of literature and topics. I prefer to take a
broad approach, that includes the self-flagellating tang-ki of
Southern China, possession cults (in which a being descends into a person,
speaking through his or her mouth or by means of a
writing apparatus) and spirit travel cults." (self description).
Site contents:
(1) General works (Bibliographies; General theoretical studies; General
studies on shamanism in China); (2) Fieldwork studies (Fujianese cultural
regions; Guangdong cultural regions; Northern China; Non-Han cultures); (3)
Spirit writing (fieldwork and history); (4) History (Until the Song; Song
and after); (5) Daoism and its shamanic roots.
URL http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/staff/bth/shamanism.htm
Link suggested by: Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: V.Useful
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