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OverviewPaintings, statues, and masks—like the bodies of shamans and spirit mediums—give material form and presence to otherwise invisible entities, and sometimes these objects are understood to be enlivened, agentive on their own terms. This book explores how magical images are expected to work with the shamans and spirit mediums who tend and use them in contemporary South Korea, Vietnam, Myanmar, Bali, and elsewhere in Asia. It considers how such things are fabricated, marketed, cared for, disposed of, and sometimes transformed into art-market commodities and museum artifacts. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Laurel KendallPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9780520298675ISBN 10: 0520298675 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 25 May 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock ![]() The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Conventions 1. MacGuffins and Magical Things 2. Ensoulments 3. Materiality, Making, and Magic 4. Agency and Assemblage 5. The Ambiguities of the Unsacred 6. Afterlives Conclusion Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsMediums and Magical Things makes a valuable contribution to the study of material religion, anthropology of religion, and religion in modernity. It is a timely volume that will no doubt fulfill Kendall's hope that it 'propel others down similar paths'. * Nova Religio * Mediums and Magical Things makes a valuable contribution to the study of material religion, anthropology of religion, and religion in modernity. It is a timely volume that will no doubt fulfill Kendall's hope that it 'propel others down similar paths'. * Nova Religio * Mediums and Magic Things contributes to the study of material religion and the anthropology of religion in a very readable and easily accessible way. * Religious Studies Review * Author InformationLaurel Kendall is Curator of Asian Ethnographic Collections at the American Museum of Natural History and Senior Research Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |