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Author Gustafsson, Mai Lan, 1969-

Title War and shadows : the haunting of Vietnam / Mai Lan Gustafsson.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 206 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cornell paperbacks
Cornell paperbacks.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The problem -- Foundations -- Revelations -- The living and the dead -- Afterlives -- Problem solving -- "Superstition" in a secular state -- Revivals -- Conclusion.
Summary The author's rich ethnographic research in Vietnam allows her to bring readers into the world of spirit possession, focusing on the source of pain, the physical and mental anguish the spirits bring, and various attempts to ameliorate their anger through ritual offering and the intervention of mediums.
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Subject Vietnam War (1961-1975)
Spiritualism -- Vietnam.
Spiritualism.
Vietnam.
Spirit possession -- Vietnam.
Spirit possession.
Spiritual healing and spiritualism.
Spiritual healing and spiritualism.
Ghosts -- Vietnam.
Ghosts.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Psychological aspects.
Psychological aspects.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Casualties.
War and society -- Vietnam.
War and society.
Religion and state -- Vietnam.
Religion and state.
Chronological Term 1961-1975
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Gustafsson, Mai Lan, 1969- War and shadows. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009 (DLC) 2008052908
ISBN 9780801458699 (electronic book)
0801458692 (electronic book)
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0801447704
9780801475016
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