Fortune and the cursed: the sliding scale of time in Mongolian divination
Innovation-making is a classic theme in anthropology that reveals how people fine-tune their ontologies, live in the world and conceive of it as they do. This ethnographic study is an entrance into the world of Buryat Mongol divination, where a group of cursed shamans undertake the ‘race against tim...
Main Author: | Swancutt, K |
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Format: | Book |
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Berghahn
2012
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