Tragic spirits : shamanism, memory, and gender in contemporary Mongolia / Manduhai Buyandelger.

Author/creator Buyandelger, Manduhai
Format Book
PublicationChicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Copyright Date©2013
Descriptionxvi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Shamanism--Mongolia. --Bai͡a︡n-Uul Sum. --History. --20th century.
Shamanism--Russia (Federation). --Buri͡a︡tii͡a︡. --History. --20th century.
Buriats--Religion. --20th century.
Buriats--Economic conditions. --20th century.
Neoliberalism--Mongolia. --Religious aspects.
Communism and religion--Mongolia. --History.
Communism and religion--Russia (Federation). --Buri͡a︡tii͡a︡. --History.
Bai͡a︡n-Uul Sum (Dornod Aĭmag, Mongolia)--Religious life and customs.
Bai͡a︡n-Uul Sum (Dornod Aĭmag, Mongolia)--Economic conditions. --20th century.

Contents Introduction: The return of the suppressed -- Mobile histories -- Technologies of forgetting, state socialism, and potential memories -- Genealogies of misfortune -- Thriving and silent stories -- Ironies of gender neutrality -- Persuasion and power -- Incomplete lives.
Abstract "The collapse of socialism at the end of the twentieth century brought devastating changes to Mongolia. Economic shock therapy--an immediate liberalization of trade and privatization of publicly owned assets--quickly led to impoverishment, especially in rural parts of the country, where Tragic Spirits takes place. Following the travels of the nomadic Buryats, Manduhai Buyandelger tells a story not only of economic devastation but also a remarkable Buryat response to it--the revival of shamanic practices after decades of socialist suppression." -- Publisher website.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [283]-301) and index.
LCCN 2013014427
ISBN9780226086552 (cloth : alkaline paper)
ISBN0226086550 (cloth : alkaline paper)
ISBN9780226086569 (paperback : alkaline paper)
ISBN0226086569 (paperback : alkaline paper)