Spirits without borders

By Karen Fjelstad

Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Asia, religion, Anthropology of religion, Rites and ceremonies, Religious life and customs, Goddess religion, Social life and customs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural, Vietnam, social life and customs, Spirit possession, RELIGION / Spirituality, Mediums

Description: "Spirits without Borders is an ethnographic study of the transnational and multicultural expansion of Vietnam's Mother Goddess Religion and its spirit possession ritual. The product of collaborative research by an American anthropologist and a Vietnamese folklorist, the work explores how and why the ritual spread from Vietnam to the US and back again, the impact of ritual transnationalism in both countries, and the current spread of the ritual to non-Vietnamese in the USA"--Provided by publisher.