Fortune and the Cursed: The Sliding Scale of Time in Mongolian Divination

by Katherine Swancutt

Innovation-making is a classic theme in anthropology that reveals how people fine-tune their ontologies, live in the world and conceive of it as they do. This ethnographic study is an entrance into the world of Buryat Mongol divination, where a group of cursed shamans undertake the 'race against time' to produce innovative remedies that will improve their fallen fortunes at an unconventional pace. Drawing on parallels between social anthropology...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 085745482X
• ISBN13: 9780857454829
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"