{"product_id":"spirit-power-politics-and-religion-in-koreas-american-century-paperback","title":"Spirit Power: Politics and Religion in Korea's American Century - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeonik Kwon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJun Hwan Park\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpirit Power\u003c\/i\u003e explores the manifestation of the American Century in Korean history with a focus on religious culture. It looks back on the encounter with American missionary power from the late nineteenth century, and the long political struggles against the country's indigenous popular religious heritage during the colonial and postcolonial eras. The book brings an anthropology of religion into the field of Cold War history. In particular, it investigates how Korea's shamanism has assimilated symbolic properties of American power into its realm of ritual efficacy in the form of the spirit of General Douglas MacArthur. The book considers this process in dialog with the work of Yim Suk-jay, a prominent Korean anthropologist who saw that a radically cosmopolitan and democratic world vision is embedded in Korea's enduring shamanism tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this monumental work, Kwon and Park return anthropology to its inaugural home of geography and history.\"--\u003cb\u003eHoon Song\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Minnesota \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSpirit Power\u003c\/i\u003e adds to an exciting and growing body of literature on religion in Cold War South Korea, providing a fascinating window into the contingent yet powerful role of shamanism in an era of South Korean evangelical dominance. Employing ethnographic methods, and set to the backdrop of a volatile geopolitical past, this book provides a textured understanding of Korean shamans as they negotiate their liminal status--even calling upon the spirit of General MacArthur!--between the two Koreas, and in the long 'American Century.'\"--\u003cb\u003eHelen Jin Kim\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eRace for Revival: How Cold War South Korea Shaped the American Evangelical Empire\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This innovative volume carries out two of anthropology's most distinctive tasks: to see the world in a grain of sand and to decolonize the academy. Conversing with Korean intellectuals and shamans, the authors show the surprising local uses to which Cold War imagery was put.\"--\u003cb\u003eWebb Keane\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eEthical Life: Its Natural and Social Histories\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpirit Power\u003c\/i\u003e explores the manifestation of the American Century in Korean history with a focus on religious culture. It looks back on the encounter with American missionary power from the late nineteenth century, and the long political struggles against the country's indigenous popular religious heritage during the colonial and postcolonial eras. The book brings an anthropology of religion into the field of Cold War history. In particular, it investigates how Korea's shamanism has assimilated symbolic properties of American power into its realm of ritual efficacy in the form of the spirit of General Douglas MacArthur. The book considers this process in dialog with the work of Yim Suk-jay, a prominent Korean anthropologist who saw that a radically cosmopolitan and democratic world vision is embedded in Korea's enduring shamanism tradition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeonik Kwon\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Research Fellow of Social Anthropology at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. His books include \u003ci\u003eAfter the Korean War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGhosts of War in Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJun Hwan Park\u003c\/b\u003e is an expert on Hwanghae shamanism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeonik Kwon (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eHeonik Kwon \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Research Fellow of Social Anthropology at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, and a member of the Mega-Asia research group at Seoul National University Asia Center. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAfter the Korean War: An Intimate History\u003c\/i\u003e (2020, winner of James Palais Prize), \u003ci\u003eThe Other Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eGhosts of War in Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e (2008, George Kahin Prize), and\u003ci\u003e After the Massacre: Commemoration and Consolation in Ha My and My Lai \u003c\/i\u003e(2006, Clifford Geertz Prize). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJun Hwan Park (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJun Hwan Park\u003c\/b\u003e is an expert on Hwanghae shamanism. He has published widely on the symbolism of luck and the morality of money in Korea's shamanic rituals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51784767275296,"sku":"9780823299911","price":59.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/95f7bd6233483f83984b9d12986fdc97.webp?v=1780607773","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/spirit-power-politics-and-religion-in-koreas-american-century-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}