Agnieszka Halemba

The Telengits of Southern Siberia

Landscape, Religion and Knowledge in Motion

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This new and engaging study explores the religion and world outlook of the Telengits of Altai. It provides a comprehensive anthropological account of the contemporary religious life of the Telengits, holding important implications for wider debates in sociology and politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9781138500174
• ISBN-10: 1138500178
• Artikelnr.: 51136331

Autorenporträt

Agnieszka E. Halemba has conducted anthropological research in southern Siberia since 1993. She received her first degree from the University of Warsaw, Poland. In 2002 she received her PhD in social anthropology at the University of Cambridge, UK. She is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Germany, and a Visiting Lecturer at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Landscape and Movement 1. The Altai, the Altaians and
the Telengits 2. Sacred Land and the Significance of Places 3. Moving
Through a Powerful Landscape 4. Rites of Springs Part 2: Ritual and
Knowledge 5. Chaga Bairam 6. Ontology of the Spirits 7. Lamas and Shamans
8. Ritual and Revival. Conclusion