Case study analysis of statues, paintings, and masks from Asia provides empirical insights into magical practices
Explores the fabrication, marketing, and commodification of magical images for academic rigor
Includes perspectives from contemporary shamanic and spirit medium practitioners in South Korea, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Bali
Seeks to understand the material and cultural dimensions of magical images as both artifacts and agents
Summarized by Shop
Statues, paintings, and masks—like the bodies of shamans and spirit mediums—give material form and presence to otherwise invisible entities, and sometimes these objects are understood to be enlivened, agentive on their own terms. This book explores how magical images are expected to work with the shamans and spirit mediums who tend and us
