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...

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Published in:Material religion
Main Author: Hüwelmeier, Gertrud ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2016]
In: Material religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Vietnam / Ancestor cult / Votive offering / New media (Motif)
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
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)