Tragic spirits : shamanism, memory, and gender in contemporary Mongolia /
The collapse of socialism at the end of the 20th century brought devastating changes to Mongolia. Economic shock therapy - an immediate liberalization of trade and privatization of publicly owned assets - quickly led to impoverishment, especially in rural parts of the country, where 'Tragic Spi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: The return of the suppressed
- Mobile histories
- Technologies of forgetting, state socialism, and potential memories
- Genealogies of misfortune
- Thriving and silent stories
- Ironies of gender neutrality
- Persuasion and power
- Incomplete lives.