Songs for the spirits : music and mediums in modern Vietnam /

Norton, Barley, 1971-

Songs for the spirits : music and mediums in modern Vietnam / Barley Norton. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009. - xvi, 256 s. : kuv., nuott. + 1 DVD-levy

DVD contents: p. [xiii]-xvi.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-248) and index.

Mediumship, modernity, and cultural identity -- Experiencing spirit possession -- Songs for the spirits -- The musical construction of the spirits -- Musical creativity and change -- Engendering mediumship -- Ritual and folklorization in late socialist Vietnam.

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Folk music--Religious aspects--History--Vietnam--20th century.
Spirit possession--Vietnam.
Mediums--Vietnam.
meediot
spiritualiteetti--Vietnam
hengellinen ohjaus
rituaalimusiikki--Vietnam
perinnemusiikki--Vietnam


Vietnam

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