The politics of ritual form(Ation) in contemporary Mongolia
Engaging Humphrey and Laidlaw’s ‘archetypal actions of ritual’, this article explores the thing-like and seemingly externally derived quality of ritualized action in ‘alternative’ medical settings in Mongolia. The cultural rupture of the Soviet era presents a case study in which the continuity of ri...
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Berghahn Journals, Ltd
2019
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