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| Ancestral Spirit Mediumship in Southern Thailand: The Nora Performance as a Symbol of the South on the Periphery of a Buddhist Nation-State | ||
| 作者 | Guelden, Marlane P. (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| 卷期 | v.66 n.8 Section A |
| 出版日期 | 2005 |
| 出版者 | ProQuest LLC |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.proquest.com/ |
| 出版地 | Ann Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 博士 |
| 校院名稱 | University of Hawaii |
| 系所名稱 | Anthroplogy |
| 指導教授 | Yano, Christine R. |
| 畢業年度 | 2005 |
| 附註項 | 478p |
| 關鍵詞 | Nora; Spirit Possession; Ancestral Spirit Mediumship; Thailand; Symbol; Nation-state |
| 摘要 | Since the 1970s, new forms of spirit mediumship emerged in urban Thailand. Spirits and their mediums answered the modern needs of clients as the country underwent a major transition from an agriculture-based society to a globalized industrial economy. Meanwhile, there has been a weakening in state Buddhism and an increase in small, independent religious groups. In the far south of Thailand, one of the earliest forms of spirit mediumship is coping with these economic, social, and religious changes. Nora is a genre of dance-drama performance, which arose as a way to communicate with ancestors centuries ago around Songkhla Lake. Members of the nora community consider themselves ethnically Thai, religiously Theravada Buddhists, and ardently loyal to King and country. But the nora rituals are influenced by Animism, Hindu-Brahmanism, Taoism, Islam, and other beliefs. Although the nora population is small, their performance has become significant as a constructed symbol of southern culture under nationalism. This dissertation asks the central question: nora is iconic for whom? In the religiously and ethnically diverse south, nora does not represent many borderlands residents, who are of Chinese and Malay heritage with their own mediumship traditions. Therefore the nora subculture illustrates the relationship between the nation-state and its politically contested and ethnically diverse margins. My central research question is: how does a traditional spirit medium performance, such as nora, articulate with modern nation-building in Thailand in the 2000s? My thesis is that nora is iconic of southern Thailand and that this symbol has been co-opted by the central government to include nora in national identity. However, there are also tensions as the drama maintains some separateness while blending with the center. This relationship is analyzed through three theoretical frameworks: nationalism and identity, religion, and gender. On gender, I argue there is increased participation by women and contestation of gender meanings. On religion, the research found nora is a syncretic belief system that serves rural communities but also gains legitimacy from association with Buddhism. This ethnographic study was conducted in the provinces of Pattani, Songkhla, and Phatthalung from 2000 to 2003. |
| ISBN | 9780542260858 |
| 點閱次數 | 794 |
| 建檔日期 | 2008.04.08 |
| 更新日期 | 2022.03.29 |
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