Cell phones for the spirits: ancestor worship and ritual economies in Vietnam and its diasporas
Religion has been thriving in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam since đổi mới, the onset of market reforms in the late 1980s. Votive paper offerings, part of spiritual and economic well-being, play a crucial role in performing religious practices in the socialist country as well as among diasporic V...
Published in: | Material religion |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2016]
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In: |
Material religion
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Vietnam
/ Ancestor cult
/ Votive offering
/ New media (Motif)
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IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements KBM Asia |
Further subjects: | B
popular religion
B Ancestor worship B Vietnamese diaspora B ritual economy B Vietnam B Materiality B trance mediums B Media |
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Volltext (Verlag) |