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