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Based on first-hand materials gathered through decades of field
research and fleshed out with the author's insightful religious,
cultural, and historical observations extending back to Qing
Dynasty times, ancient archaeological discoveries and the legacy of
Siberian peoples, this two-volume ethnological study investigates
shamanic rituals, myths and lore in northern China and explores the
common ideology underlying the origins of the region's cultures.
The book discusses the spiritual world of northern Shamanism and
investigates the various shamanic rituals, divination, spirit idols
and myths, illuminating how worship and ideas are imbedded in and
interweave with the indigenous environment, culture and history of
people in northern China. This mythic heritage embodies the
peoples' understanding of the natural world, the creation of
humankind, social life and history as well as their interaction
with their surroundings. It is shown that shamanic spirituality in
northern China is characterised by functionality and practicality
in daily-life situations, in contrast to the received wisdom that
defines shamanic praxis as a pure supernatural spirit journey. The
book will be of great value for scholars of religion and
anthropologists as well as ethnologists in the fields of Shamanism
studies, Northeast Asian folklore and Manchu studies.
On the basis of first-hand materials gathered through decades of
field research and fleshed out with the author's insightful
religious, cultural, and historical observations extending back to
the Qing dynasty, ancient archaeological discoveries, and the
legacy of Siberian peoples, this two-volume ethnological study
investigates shamanic rituals, myths, and lore in northern China
and explores the common ideology underlying the origins of the
region's cultures. This second volume focuses on northern shamanic
divination, spirit idols, and folklore covering the myths of the
Manchu-Tungus, Manchu creation shrine tales, and individual tribal
myths. This mythic heritage helps identify shared patterns of
thought among the ethnic peoples of northern China; points to
cultural integration with Buddhist, Daoist, and Han Chinese
cultures; and shows their understand of the natural world, the
creation of humankind, social life, and history and their
interactions with their surroundings. In this regard, shamanic
spirituality in northern China is characterized by functionality
and practicality in daily life situations, in contrast to the
received wisdom that defines shamanic praxis as a pure supernatural
spirit journey. The book will be of great value to scholars of
religion and to both anthropologists and ethnologists in the fields
of shamanism studies, Northeast Asian folklore, and Manchu studies.
On the basis of first-hand materials gathered through decades of
field research and fleshed out with the author's insightful
religious, cultural, and historical observations extending back to
the Qing dynasty, ancient archaeological discoveries, and the
legacy of Siberian peoples, this two-volume ethnological study
investigates shamanic rituals, myths, and lore in northern China
and explores the common ideology underlying the origins of the
region's cultures. Drawing from numerous oral myths, ancient
documents, and archaeological findings, this first volume discusses
the spiritual world of northern shamanism and investigates the
various rituals, including ancestor worship, fertility, nature
deities, blood sacrifice and rites, the worshiping of nature, and
shrines. The book illuminates how these rituals and worships,
animism, and ideas of the soul are imbedded in and interweave with
the indigenous environment, culture, and history of the clans and
people of northern China. The book will be of great value to
scholars of religion and to both anthropologists and ethnologists
in the fields of shamanism studies, Northeast Asian folklore, and
Manchu studies.
On the basis of first-hand materials gathered through decades of
field research and fleshed out with the author's insightful
religious, cultural, and historical observations extending back to
the Qing dynasty, ancient archaeological discoveries, and the
legacy of Siberian peoples, this two-volume ethnological study
investigates shamanic rituals, myths, and lore in northern China
and explores the common ideology underlying the origins of the
region's cultures. Drawing from numerous oral myths, ancient
documents, and archaeological findings, this first volume discusses
the spiritual world of northern shamanism and investigates the
various rituals, including ancestor worship, fertility, nature
deities, blood sacrifice and rites, the worshiping of nature, and
shrines. The book illuminates how these rituals and worships,
animism, and ideas of the soul are imbedded in and interweave with
the indigenous environment, culture, and history of the clans and
people of northern China. The book will be of great value to
scholars of religion and to both anthropologists and ethnologists
in the fields of shamanism studies, Northeast Asian folklore, and
Manchu studies.
Based on first-hand materials gathered through decades of field
research and fleshed out with the author's insightful religious,
cultural, and historical observations extending back to Qing
Dynasty times, ancient archaeological discoveries and the legacy of
Siberian peoples, this two-volume ethnological study investigates
shamanic rituals, myths and lore in northern China and explores the
common ideology underlying the origins of the region's cultures.
The book discusses the spiritual world of northern Shamanism and
investigates the various shamanic rituals, divination, spirit idols
and myths, illuminating how worship and ideas are imbedded in and
interweave with the indigenous environment, culture and history of
people in northern China. This mythic heritage embodies the
peoples' understanding of the natural world, the creation of
humankind, social life and history as well as their interaction
with their surroundings. It is shown that shamanic spirituality in
northern China is characterised by functionality and practicality
in daily-life situations, in contrast to the received wisdom that
defines shamanic praxis as a pure supernatural spirit journey. The
book will be of great value for scholars of religion and
anthropologists as well as ethnologists in the fields of Shamanism
studies, Northeast Asian folklore and Manchu studies.
Ecoambiguity, Community, and Development takes stock of cultural
and environmental contexts in many different regions of the world
by exploring literature and film. Artists and scholars working in
the social ecology, environmental justice, and postcolonial arenas
have long recognized that as soon as we tug on a thread of
"ecodegradation," we generally find it linked to some form of
cultural oppression. The reverse is also often true. In the spirit
of postcolonial ecocriticism, the studies collected by Scott
Slovic, R. Swarnalatha, and Vidya Sarveswaran emphasize the
impossibility of disentangling environmental and cultural problems.
While not all the authors explicitly invoke Karen Thornber's term
"ecoambiguity" or the concepts and terminology of postcolonial
ecocriticism, their articles frequently bring to light various
ironies. For example, the fact that Ukrainian environmental
experience in the twenty-first century is defined by one of the
world's most infamous industrial disasters, the Chernobyl nuclear
accident of 1986, yet Ukrainian culture, like many throughout the
world, actually cherishes a profound, even animistic, attachment to
the wonders of nature. The repetition of this and other paradoxes
in human cultural responses to the more-than-human world reinforces
our sense of the congruities and idiosyncrasies of human culture.
Every human culture, regardless of its condition of economic and
industrial development, has produced its own version of
"environmental literature and art"-but the nuances of this work
reflect that culture's precise social and geophysical
circumstances. In various ways, these stories of community and
development from across the planet converge and diverge, as told
and explained by distinguished scholars, many of whom come from the
cultures represented in these articles.
Ecoambiguity, Community, and Development takes stock of cultural
and environmental contexts in many different regions of the world
by exploring literature and film. Artists and scholars working in
the social ecology, environmental justice, and postcolonial arenas
have long recognized that as soon as we tug on a thread of
"ecodegradation," we generally find it linked to some form of
cultural oppression. The reverse is also often true. In the spirit
of postcolonial ecocriticism, the studies collected by Scott
Slovic, R. Swarnalatha, and Vidya Sarveswaran emphasize the
impossibility of disentangling environmental and cultural problems.
While not all the authors explicitly invoke Karen Thornber's term
"ecoambiguity" or the concepts and terminology of postcolonial
ecocriticism, their articles frequently bring to light various
ironies. For example, the fact that Ukrainian environmental
experience in the twenty-first century is defined by one of the
world's most infamous industrial disasters, the Chernobyl nuclear
accident of 1986, yet Ukrainian culture, like many throughout the
world, actually cherishes a profound, even animistic, attachment to
the wonders of nature. The repetition of this and other paradoxes
in human cultural responses to the more-than-human world reinforces
our sense of the congruities and idiosyncrasies of human culture.
Every human culture, regardless of its condition of economic and
industrial development, has produced its own version of
"environmental literature and art"-but the nuances of this work
reflect that culture's precise social and geophysical
circumstances. In various ways, these stories of community and
development from across the planet converge and diverge, as told
and explained by distinguished scholars, many of whom come from the
cultures represented in these articles.
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