Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction: Shamanic Nostalgia xvii
6. 1. Shifting Intellectual Terrain: “Superstition” Becomes “Culture” and “Religion” 1
7. 2. Memory Horizons: Kut from Two Ethnographic Presents 34
8. 3. Initiating Performance: Chini’s Story 66
9. 4. The Ambiguities of Becoming: Phony Shamans and What Are Mudang After All? 102
10. 5. Korean Shamans and the Spirits of Capitalism 129
11. 6. Of Hungry Ghosts and Other Matters of Consumption 154
12. 7. Built Landscapes and Mobile Gods 177
13. Conclusion 205
14. Notes 207
15. References 221
16. Index and Glossary 245
17. About the Author 252