Introduction: The return of the suppressed -- Mobile histories -- Technologies of forgetting, state socialism, and potential memories -- Genealogies of misfortune -- Thriving and silent stories -- Ironies of gender neutrality -- Persuasion and power -- Incomplete lives.
Summary
The collapse of socialism at the end of the 20th century brought devastating changes to Mongolia. Economic shock therapy - an immediate liberalization of trade and privatization of publicly owned assets - quickly led to impoverishment, especially in rural parts of the country, where 'Tragic Spirits' takes place. Following the travels of the nomadic Buryats, Manduhai Buyandelger tells a story not only of economic devastation but also a remarkable Buryat response to it - the revival of shamanic practices after decades of socialist suppression.
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