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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buyandelger, Manduhai (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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.