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Vietnamese Supernaturalism: Views from the Southern Region
Contributor(s): Do, Thien (Author)
ISBN: 1138863106     ISBN-13: 9781138863101
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $60.79  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Eastern
- History | Asia - Southeast Asia
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General
Dewey: 299.592
Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.99 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Southeast Asian
 
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Publisher Description:
The beliefs and practices surrounding the meanings and symbols of the spirit world in Vietnam are explored in detail in this innovative study on popular religion in the country. The author shows an abiding interest in the 'subconscious life' at a grassroots level alongside rational formations of cosmological understanding which effect politics and economics on a national scale. By bringing together oral histories, reports and fiction writing alongside more conventional documented sources, this book reveals an area of history which has been largely neglected.