[Korean study series 14]

Shamanism has more or less disappeared, even in Siberia where the word ‘shaman’ originated. However, in Korea, a newly-industrialized nation-state, shamanism has not merely survived, but is enjoying a revival as a uniquely Korean cultural heritage to be cherished.
In this book, the author attempts to unravel its mystery through analyzing historical documents and her own field data. She concludes that the survival of Korean shamanism is linked to the global phenomenon of the revival of ethnicity and cultural nationalism.
The author, a Korean-born British social anthropologist, provides the reader with not only a wealth of knowledge on Korean shamanism, but also the rationale for its great significance to the Korean people.

샤머니즘은 샤먼이란 말의 출처인 시베리아에서조차 그 흔적을 찾기 어렵다. 하지만 산업화된 한국에서는 샤머니즘이 살아남은 정도가 아니라 소중히 간직해야 할 독특한 한국의 문화유산으로서 부흥기를 누리고 있다.
이 책에서 저자는 한국무속의 미스터리를 사료와 자신의 현장연구자료의 분석을 통해 해명하고 한국무속이 살아남은 것이 전 지구적 현상인 문화민족주의의 부활과 관련되어 있다고 결론짓는다.
한국 태생의 영국 사회인류학자인 저자는 독자에게 한국무속에 대한 풍성한 지식뿐만 아니라 한국인에게 무속이 갖는 의미에 대한 이론적 해명을 제공한다.

Chapter 1. Shamanism and the Shaman
1. Overview
2. Defintions of the Shaman and Shamanism
3. Ecstasy/Trance, Spirit Possession, Spirit Mediumship and Shamanism
4. Types of Trance and Society
5. Shamans of the World
6. Korean Mudang

Chapter 2. Becoming a Shaman
1. Overview
2. Shamanic Vocation : The Divine Intervention
3. Initiatory Dreams and Visions
4. Korean Mudang's Shinby ng
5. Possession Sickness and Psychopathology
6. Initiation Ritual

Chapter 3. Characteristics of Korean Musok
1. Overview
2. Ideology of Musok
3. The Spirits in Musok
4. Components of Kut

Chapter 4. The Variety and Structure of Kut
1. Overview
2. Variety
3. Structure

Chapter 5. Korean Musok and Shmanism
1. Overview
2. Ideology
3. Motifs and Themes
4. Rituals
5. Music and Dance
6. Costumes and Other Paraphernalia

Chapter 6. Tan'gun and the Korean National Identity
1. Overview
2. DEfinitions of Nation, National Identity and Nationalism
3. The Tan'gun Myth
4. Is the Tan'gun Myth an Invention of Tradition?
5. The Significance of Tan'gun to the Korean People
6. Tan'gun's Role in Korean Shamanism

Chapter 7. A History of Korean Shamanism : From Central Cult to Marginal Cult
1. Relevance of a Historical Perspective and Its Problems
2. Overview
3. Ancient Times
4. The Three Kingdoms Period
5. Kory
6. The Chos n Kynasty
7. The Twentieth Century

Chapter 8. Ecstatic Cults and Cultural Nationalism
1. Overview
2. The Revival of Ethnicity in Contemporary Societies
3. Ecstatic Cults and Nationalism
4. Korean Mucok and Cultural Nationalism