.... Translations of the “Li sao” and the “Nine Songs,” a somewhat dated bibliography, and an index complete the book. Chapter 7 addresses the journeys in the “Li sao.” Sukhu interprets the first journey as a vision projected by Shun into the mind of the shaman, bolstering his argument with evidence...

...Timothy R. Tangherlini The small volume is a treasure trove of information, and offers a sophisticated guide to understanding not only the history of shaman paintings in Korea, but also the transformation of these sacred paintings into objects of collection. The photographs of paintings, shrines...

...Keith Howard Mu-ga: The Ritual Songs of the Korean Mudangs . Compiled and edited by Im Sok-Jae . Translated by Alan C. Heyman . Fremont, Calif. : Asian Humanities Press , 2003 . x , 364 pp. $30.00 (cloth). Shaman Ritual Music in Korea . By Lee Yong-Shik . Korean Studies...

...Vincanne Adams Moral Knowing in a Hindu Sacred City: An Exploration of Mind, Emotion, and Self . By Steven M. Parish . New York : Columbia University Press , 1994 . xii, 342 pp. $49.50 (cloth); $17.50 (paper). The Rulings of the Night: Ethnography of Nepalese Shaman Oral Texts...

...Linda S. Lewis The Life and Hard Times of a Korean Shaman: Of Tales and the Telling of Tales . By Laurel Kendall . Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press , 1988 . x, 157 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1988 1988 BOOK REVIEWS KOREA 907 The Life and Hard...

...Burton Watson The Nine Songs: A Study of Shamanism in Ancient China . By Arthur Waley . New York : Grove Press , 1956 . 64 . Notes, Appendices, Index. $3.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1956 1956 BOOK REVIEWS 125 world, which preserved the economic...

...Karma Lekshe Tsomo The book includes an extensive bibliography and a brief, useful glossary of key terms. Despite errors in editing, this study makes an important contribution to religious anthropology by providing an emic perspective on shamanic experience and by drawing on multiple, cross...

..., Japanese and Korean folklorists began to romanticize the Korean shaman tradition, celebrating the assumed purity of Cheju ways while eliding the economic aspect of these practices. The postcolonial era brought more anti-superstition zealotry and its contrary twin, the celebration of indigenous Cheju...

...Young-Chan Ro Shamanism in Korean Christianity . By Jang Nam Hyuck . Korean Studies Dissertation Series. Edison, N.J., and Seoul : Jimoondang International , 2004 . x , 206 pp. £20,000/$21.00 (cloth). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2005 2005 760 T H E J O U R N A L O...

...Thomas Michael Korean Shamanism: The Cultural Paradox . By Chongho Kim . Aldershot, Hants, and Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate , 2003 . xxi , 248 pp. $34.95 (paper). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2005 2005 764 T H E J O U R N A L O F A S I A N S T U D I E S the (formerly...

...Oona Thommes Paredes Shamanism, Catholicism, and Gender Relations in Colonial Philippines, 1521–1985 . By Carolyn Brewer . Aldershot, Hants : Ashgate , 2004 . 272 pp. $89.99 (cloth). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2005 2005 B O O K R E V I E W S S O U T H E A S T A S...

...Oona Paredes Babaylan Sing Back: Philippine Shamans and Voice, Gender, and Place . By Grace Nono . Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press , 2021 . xi, 239 pp. ISBN: 9781501760112 . © 2023 Association for Asian Studies 2023 Given the title of this book and its well-known...

...Yupeng Jiao Enchanted Revolution: Ghosts, Shamans, and Gender Politics in Chinese Communist Propaganda, 1942–1953 . By Xiaofei Kang . New York : Oxford University Press , 2023 . xix, 288 pp. ISBN: 9780197654477 . © 2024 Association for Asian Studies 2024 Anyone who grew up...

...Françoise Pommaret World of Worldly Gods: The Persistence and Transformation of Shamanic Bon in Buddhist Bhutan . By Kelzang T. Tashi . New York : Oxford University Press , 2023 . xiv, 287 pp. ISBN: 9780197669860 . © 2024 Association for Asian Studies 2024 Despite several...

...Eunsu Cho Syncretism of Buddhism and Shamanism in Korea . By Hyun-key Kim Hogarth . Edison and Seoul : Jimoondang International , 2002 . xi, 420 pp. $ 39.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2003 2003 1254 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES accounts...

...Amy Paris Langenberg The Sun Rises: A Shaman's Chant, Ritual Exchange and Fertility in the Apatani Valley . By Stuart Blackburn . Boston : Brill , 2010 . xvii, 426 pp. $98.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2011 2011 Tucked away in the eastern...

...Shanshan Du Shamans in Asia . Edited by Clark Chilson and Peter Knecht . London and New York : RoutledgeCurzon , 2003 . Viii, 199 pp. $90.00 (cloth). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2004 2004 B O O K R E V I E W S A S I A : C O M P A R A T I V E A N D T R A N S N...