Chapter Four. Changing Spirit Identities: Rethinking the Four Palaces’ Spirit Representations in Northern Vietnam

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. Preface ix
5. Introduction. Multivocal Arenas of Modern Enchantment in Southeast Asia 1
6. Chapter One. Can Things Reach the Dead? The Ontological Status of Objects and the Study of Lao Buddhist Rituals for the Spirits of the Deceased 19
7. Chapter Two. Spirited Warriors: Conspiracy and Protection on Lombok 42
8. Chapter Three. From the Mystical to the Molecular: Modernity, Martial Arts, and Agency in Java 62
9. Chapter Four. Changing Spirit Identities: Rethinking the Four Palaces’ Spirit Representations in Northern Vietnam 85
10. Chapter Five. Gods, Gifts, Markets, and Superstition: Spirited Consumption from Korea to Vietnam 103
11. Chapter Six. Contests of Commemoration: Virgin War Martyrs, State Memorials, and the Invocation of the Spirit World in Contemporary Vietnam 121
12. Chapter Seven Spirit Cults and Construction Sites: Trans-ethnic Popular Religion and Keramat Symbolism in Contemporary Malaysia 144
13. Chapter Eight. Being a Spirit Medium in Contemporary Burma 163
14. Chapter Nine. Reconfiguring Manora Rongkru: Ancestor Worship and Spirit Possession in Southern Thailand 184
15. Chapter Ten. The Horror of the Modern: Violation, Violence, and Rampaging Urban Youths in Contemporary Thai Ghost Films 200
16. Notes on Contributors 221
17. Index 225