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Korean shamanist ritual : symbols and dramas of transformation / Daniel A. Kister.

Title
Korean shamanist ritual : symbols and dramas of transformation / Daniel A. Kister.
Author
Kister, Daniel A.
Publication
Budapest : Akadémiai Kiadó, c1997.

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Description
xii, 178 p.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Bibliotheca shamanistica, 1218-988X ; v. 5
Uniform Title
Bibliotheca shamanistica ; v. 5.
Subject
  • Chamanisme > Corée
  • Corée > Religion
  • Korea > Religion
  • Korea > Religious life and customs
  • Rites et cérémonies > Corée
  • Shamanism > Korea > Rituals
  • Shamanism > Korea
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-170) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The World of Korean Shamanist Ritual -- Korean Shamanist Rituals -- Communal Village Rites -- The Shamanist Community's Signs -- Revelatory Signs -- Aesthetic Signs -- Sacramental Signs -- Sacred Signs -- Realms of the Sacred -- Nature -- Childbirth -- Death -- The Shaman's Life -- The People's Mudang, The Gods, and Evil -- The People's Mudang -- The Community's Gods -- The Community's Perception of Evil -- Death Rites: Korean Shamanist and Christian -- Korean Shamanist Ritual Drama -- The Dynamics of Kut Drama -- Mimetic Representation and Wonder -- Psycho-drama and Comic Play -- Dramatic Movement and Destiny -- The Drama of Life -- The Comic Dynamics of the Kori-kut -- The "Schoolmaster" -- The "Civil Service Exam" -- The "Blind Man" -- "Boat Play" and "Childbirth" -- The Aesthetics of Kut Drama -- The sublime and the Comic -- Creative Chaos -- Harmonious Unity -- Dramatic Intensity -- The Korean Shamanist Community -- The Kut Community's World and Korean Culture.
ISBN
9630574411
LCCN
^^^98198011^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library