{"product_id":"shamans-and-elders","title":"Shamans and Elders","description":"\u003cp\u003eShamans and Elders is a major study of Mongolian shamanism and society, past and present. It presents a wealth of new information, and offers a fresh understanding of the widespread phenomenon of shamanism.           This unique and detailed analysis of a fascinating subject combines a discussion of Urgunge      Onon's memories of shamanism with Caroline Humphrey's text- and field-based analytical      knowledge of Central and North Asian\n\u003cbr\u003eshamanism. It covers among other things: notions of gender      in Mongolian society, including male and female traditions in ritual, female shamans, and goddess      worship; attitudes to death, and\n\u003cbr\u003efuneral rituals; the importance of old men and of ancestors; and      Daur notions of landscape within their direct experience (the importance of the sky, of the      mountains, of the forest, rivers, etc.) and beyond.           In covering these diverse areas, the authors depart from the general cultural models usually      offered in discussions of shamanism, providing a new vision of 'shamanism' as made up of      fragmentary, non-formularized parts. It presents\n\u003cbr\u003emuch-needed insight on a little-known world, and      points to an original new way of doing anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46058291364078,"sku":"9780198280682","price":181.58,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780198280682.jpg?v=1736473109","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/shamans-and-elders","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}