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Informationen zum Autor Judith Hangartner is a social anthropologist holding a senior research position at Bern University of Teacher Education, Switzerland. She is an associate researcher of the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, and a member of the Swiss Ethnological Society and the Mongolia Society. Regularly visiting Mongolia since 1996, she has extensively travelled on horseback through the countryside and shared the daily life of herding families. Klappentext This book offers an in-depth insight into post-socialist rural shamans in Mongolia thereby making a rare but important contribution to the ethnography of both Inner Asia and Southern Siberia. It examines the social making of shamans, in particular those of the Shishget depression of the northernmost borders of Mongolia. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations (Maps and Figures); List of Photographs; Acknowledgements; Note on Transcriptions and Translations; 1 Introduction: Power of the Margins; 2 Intruding into People's Lives; 3 Exploring Inspirational Ontologies; 4 Topographies of Affliction in Postsocialism; 5 Performance of Inspirational Power; 6 Legitimization by Illness and Ancestor Shamans; 7 The shamans' Economy of Reputation; 8 Imaginations of Powerful Shamans; 9 Beyond Power and Authenticity; Notes; References; Index
