How shamanic rituals dramatize Korea's rapid social transformation
In short: Dr. Laurel Kendall explores how traditional Korean shamanism serves as a modern emotional outlet. By analyzing contemporary rituals, she reveals how people navigate the complex feelings of living through unprecedented industrial and material change.
Dr. Kendall, an anthropologist specializing in Korea, is revisiting her initial 1970s fieldwork to examine how shamanic practices have evolved alongside the nation's transformation into a newly industrialized country.
Her research focuses on the use of offerings and ritual props as tools for expression. She documents how these elements allow participants to dramatize the 'tangled emotions' resulting from Korea's history of rapid social change and new material possibilities.
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