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Author Van Deusen, Kira, 1946-

Title Singing story, healing drum : shamans and storytellers of Turkic Siberia / Kira Van Deusen
Published Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 205 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents History of Tuva and Khakassia -- Tuvan and Khakass shamans -- Spiritual geography and its inhabitants -- Storytellers, tales, and their characters -- The power of sound : music as a point of entry -- Language and poetry as points of entry -- Contemporary shamans in Tuva and Khakassia
Summary Endlessly fascinating, often moving, and a must read for anyone interested in the cultures of Siberia. Adele Barker, Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies, University of Arizona The history and contemporary transformation of south Siberia is illuminated through this exploration of the shamanic revival in the Turkic Republics of Tuva and Khakassia. Based on extensive field-work and including folktales, legends, and shamanic poems that elucidate spiritual traditions as well as descriptions of local rituals, Singing Story, Healing Drum is at once travel narrative, autobiography, history, and ethnology. Kira Van Deusen weaves together traditional scholarship and a personal account of her travels through Siberia and contacts with scholars, shamans, and storytellers active in reviving traditional culture. Highlighting the importance of oral literature and music, Singing Story, Healing Drum guides the reader through the often confusing phenomena of the shamanic revival, both in Russia and abroad
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index
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Subject Tuvinian (Turkic people) -- Folklore
Khakassians -- Folklore
Tuvinian (Turkic people) -- Music -- History and criticism
Khakassians -- Music -- History and criticism
Tuvinian (Turkic people) -- Religion
Khakassians -- Religion
Shamanism -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
Storytelling -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
Oral tradition -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions.
Khakassians.
Manners and customs.
Oral tradition.
Shamanism.
Storytelling.
Tuvinian (Turkic people)
Tuvinian (Turkic people) -- Religion.
Schamanismus
Chamanisme -- Russie -- Sib̌rie.
Art de conter -- Russie -- Sib̌rie.
Tradition orale -- Russie -- Sib̌rie.
SUBJECT Tuva (Russia) -- Social life and customs
Khakasskai︠a︡ Respublika (Russia) -- Social life and customs
Subject Russia (Federation) -- Khakasskai︠a︡ Respublika.
Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.
Russia (Federation) -- Tuva.
Tuwinen.
Chakassen.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Folklore.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773571518
0773571515
1282861530
9781282861534
9786612861536
6612861533