Engaging the Spirit World: Popular Beliefs and Practices in Modern Southeast Asia

Engaging the Spirit World
Asian Anthropologies
Contents
List of Figures
Preface
Introduction: Multivocal Arenas of Modern Enchantment in Southeast Asia
1: Can Things Reach the Dead? The Ontological Status of Objects and the Study of Lao Buddhist Rituals for the Spirits of the Deceased
2: Spirited Warriors: Conspiracy and Protection on Lombok
3: From the Mystical to the Molecular: Modernity, Martial Arts, and Agency in Java
4: Changing Spirit Identities: Rethinking the Four Palaces’ Spirit Representations in Northern Vietnam
5: Gods, Gifts, Markets, and Superstition: Spirited Consumption from Korea to Vietnam
6: Contests of Comm emoration: Virgin War Martyrs, State Memorials, and the Invocation of the Spirit World in Contemporary Vietnam
7: Spirit Cults and Construction Sites: Trans-ethnic Popular Religion and Keramat Symbolism in Contemporary Malaysia
8: Being a Spirit Medium in Contemporary Burma
9: Reconfiguring Manora Rongkru: Ancestor Worship and Spirit Possession in Southern Thailand
10: The Horror of the Modern: Violation, Violence, and Ramp aging Urban Youths in Contemporary Thai Ghost Films
Notes on Contributors
Index