Singing Story, Healing Drum: Shamans and Storytellers of Turkic Siberia

by Kira Van Deusen

Book Overview

Singing Story, Healing Drum explores the shamanic practices, worldview, oral traditions, and music of the Turkic peoples of Tuva and Khakassia (south Siberia), past and present. It is based on the author's fieldwork since 1993, conducting interviews, recording stories, participating in rituals and everyday life. Set in the context of social change in the post-Soviet period, it includes conversations, folktales, legends, and shamanic poems...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029598418X
• ISBN13: 9780295984186
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher