The Assemblage of Korean Shamanism: Mediatization and Territorialization

by Joonseong Lee

Overview

The most unique aspect of Korean shamanism is its mysterious duality that continually reiterates the processes of deterritorialization and reterritorialization. This book approaches that puzzle of mysterious duality using an interdisciplinary lens. Korean shamanism has been under continuous oppression and marginalization for a long time, and that circumstance has never dissipated. Shaman culture can be found in every corner of people’s lives in contemporary Korea, but few acknowledge their indigenous beliefs with pride. This mysterious duality has deepened as the mediatization process of Korean shamanism has developed. Korean shamanism was revived as the dynamic of shamanic inheritance in the process, but these dynamics have also become the object of mockery. For this reason, any true understanding of Korean shamanism rests in how to unravel the unique puzzles of this mysterious duality. In this book, the duality is mapped out by playing with the puzzles surrounding the contextualization of Korean shamanism and mediatization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783031110290
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	10/15/2023
Edition description:	1st ed. 2022
Pages:	197
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Joonseong Lee is Professor of Communication at California State University San Marcos, USA. As a former Buddhist monk, his research has focused on introducing the combined theoretical framework of postmodern philosophy and Eastern philosophy (Buddhism and Taoism) to the field of media studies.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: “Puzzles of Contextualizing”.- 2. Korean Shamanism and Mediatization.- 3. Deleuzian Approach to Dynamics of Shamanic Inheritance.- 4. Love and Hate Toward Korean Shamanism in Media.- 5. Cyber-Memorial Zones and Shamanic Inheritance in Korea.- 6. Commodifying Magic: Cyber-Shamans and the Neoliberalized Culture in Korea.- 7. Territorializing the Sacred: Celebrity Shamans in Korea.- 8. Between Multiple Worlds: Korean Shamans in Mixed Reality.