---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 15 Feb 2000 New in IGCS - Online Bibliographies: Annotated bibliography on shamanism in Chinese culture Ed./Corp.: Barend ter Haar, University of Heidelberg, Germany URL: http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/staff/bth/shamanism.htm Language: English. 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. _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINA STUDIES -- editor http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] containing the following message: SIGNOFF IGCS-L