Shamanism and the Origin of States: Spirit, Power, and Gender in East Asia by Sarah Milledge Nelson

Shamanism and the Origin of States: Spirit, Power, and Gender in East Asia

Sarah Milledge Nelson

283 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

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Sarah Milledge Nelson's bold thesis is that the development of states in East Asia--China, Japan, Korea--was an outgrowth of the leadership in smaller communities guided by shamans. Using a mixture of historical documents, mythology, archaeologica...

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