Fortune And The Cursed

Author : Katherine Swancutt
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 085745482X
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fortune and the Cursed written by Katherine Swancutt and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovation-making is a classic theme in anthropology that reveals how people fine-tune their ontologies, live in the world and conceive of it as they do. This ethnographic study is an entrance into the world of Buryat Mongol divination, where a group of cursed shamans undertake the 'race against time' to produce innovative remedies that will improve their fallen fortunes at an unconventional pace. Drawing on parallels between social anthropology and chaos theory, the author gives an in-depth account of how Buryat shamans and their notion of fortune operate as 'strange attractors' who propagate the ongoing process of innovation-making. With its view into this long-term 'cursing war' between two shamanic factions in a rural Mongolian district, and the comparative findings on cursing in rural China, this book is a needed resource for anyone with an interest in the anthropology of religion, shamanism, witchcraft and genealogical change. Katherine Swancutt is a Research Fellow in Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford. She has carried out fieldwork on shamanic religion across Inner Asia, working among Buryats in northeast Mongolia and China since 1999, and among the Nuosu of Southwest China since 2007.

Author : Katherine Swancutt
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857454838
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fortune and the Cursed written by Katherine Swancutt and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovation-making is a classic theme in anthropology that reveals how people fine-tune their ontologies, live in the world and conceive of it as they do. This ethnographic study is an entrance into the world of Buryat Mongol divination, where a group of cursed shamans undertake the ‘race against time’ to produce innovative remedies that will improve their fallen fortunes at an unconventional pace. Drawing on parallels between social anthropology and chaos theory, the author gives an in-depth account of how Buryat shamans and their notion of fortune operate as ‘strange attractors’ who propagate the ongoing process of innovation-making. With its view into this long-term ‘cursing war’ between two shamanic factions in a rural Mongolian district, and the comparative findings on cursing in rural China, this book is a needed resource for anyone with an interest in the anthropology of religion, shamanism, witchcraft and genealogical change.

Author : Fenn George Manville
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781318949847
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cursed by a Fortune written by Fenn George Manville and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : George Manville Fenn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cursed by a fortune written by George Manville Fenn and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ivy Penn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cursed with Fortune written by Ivy Penn and published by . This book was released on 2023-04-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Fenn
Publisher : Litres
ISBN 13 : 5040496931
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cursed by a Fortune written by George Fenn and published by Litres. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Fenn George Manville
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 935995571X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cursed by a Fortune written by Fenn George Manville and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cursed through a Fortune" is an interesting book that became written via the famous British creator George Manville Fenn, who is recognised for his work in adventure fiction inside the 1800s. The story was first posted in 1895 and is a combination of suspense and drama that indicates the characters' difficult journey. The story is focused on the principle character, Leslie Devorset, who gets caught in an internet of disaster and mystery. As the name shows, a terrible fortune becomes exciting cloth that impacts the characters' lives. As Fenn successfully weaves collectively factors of thriller, betrayal, and the outcomes of wealth, she creates a story that continues readers on the edge of their seats. Setting her stories in Victorian England, Fenn appears on the darker facet of humans and how social expectancies affect their lives. There are issues of morals, greed, and how destiny can change things at any time on this book. Fenn is a tremendous storyteller, and the manner he handles the complicated plot makes the book very exciting to read. "Cursed through a Fortune" is an amazing example of George Manville Fenn's skill at writing captivating testimonies that integrate motion with ethical reflection.

Author : Kevin F. McMurray
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312942014
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Family Cursed written by Kevin F. McMurray and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-11-27 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the case of the brutal murders of two brothers--Robert Kissel, drugged and beaten to death, a crime for which his wife was convicted, and Andrew Kissel, found stabbed to death in his mansion more than two years later.

Author : Kelly Hashway
Publisher : Month9books
ISBN 13 : 9781939765796
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Curse of the Granville Fortune written by Kelly Hashway and published by Month9books. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hunt is on for an ancient treasure tied to nine-year-old J.B.'s family history. He's been having visions that make him sweaty, lightheaded, and certain he s turning into some kind of freak or worse, going insane. But things are worse than he imagined. The visions stem from a family curse. An ancient ancestor was accused of stealing the massive Granville fortune, and now J.B. s entirely family will suffer. To break the curse, J.B. must find and return the Granville s stolen property. But he's not the only one searching for the treasure. As he sets out on his journey through a dark and foreboding forest, he'll battle his worst fears and fight terrifying creatures along the way. And when he meets two others who share the missing pieces of his visions and suffer from the same curse, the three soon realize they need to work together to break the curse before it's too late."

Author : George Manville Fenn
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780243419715
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cursed by a Fortune (Classic Reprint) written by George Manville Fenn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cursed by a Fortune His brother started and bent forward to hear his half whispered words, and be wiped the dew from his sun browned forehead, and shivered a little, for the chilly near approach of death troubled the hale, hearty-looking man, and gave a troubled look to his florid face. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.