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Songs for the Spirits : Music and Mediums in Modern Vietnam.

Norton, Barley.

Songs for the Spirits : Music and Mediums in Modern Vietnam. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (282 pages)

front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Vietnamese Language -- DVD Contents -- Introduction: Encountering Mediumship -- 1. Mediumship, Modernity, and Cultural Identity -- 2. Experiencing Spirit Possession -- 3. Songs for the Spirits -- 4. The Musical Construction of the Spirits -- 5. Musical Creativity and Change -- 6. Engendering Mediumship -- 7. Ritual and Folklorization in Late Socialist Vietnam -- Epilogue: Thanking the Spirits -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- back cover.

9780252092008


Folk music-Religious aspects-Vietnam-History-20th century.
Spirit possession-Vietnam.
Mediums-Vietnam.


Electronic books.

ML3921

133.9/109597

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