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Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm
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15 Feb 2000
New in IGCS - Online Bibliographies:
Annotated bibliography on shamanism in Chinese culture
Self description: "The first problem that one encounters in studying
shamanism is one of definition and terminology, since this largely
determines the inclusion or exclusion of literature and topics. I prefer to
take a broad approach, that includes the self-flagellating tang-ki of
Southern China, possession cults (in which a being descends into a person,
speaking through his or her mouth or by means of a writing apparatus) and
spirit travel cults."
Site contents: (1) General works (Bibliographies; General theoretical
studies; General studies on shamanism in China); (2) Fieldwork studies
(Fujianese cultural regions; Guangdong cultural regions; Northern China;
Non-Han cultures); (3) Spirit writing (fieldwork and history); (4) History
(Until the Song; Song and after); (5) Daoism and its shamanic roots.