Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
Templestay engaged Buddhism South Korea (un)happiness branding wellness tourism This article examines Templestay, a short-term retreat program held for laypersons at Buddhist monasteries, as a form of wellness tourism amid the prevailing social malaise…
sacrificial text ritual performance ancestor worship keying device imperial metaphor Huizhou Through the lens of performance study, this article analyzes five sacrificial texts that are read or sung in ritual performances worshipping ancestors (and dei…
Bhojpuri folksongs Hindi literature Anglo-Indian literature ethnography migration indentureship orality This article examines Bhojpuri folksongs that have migrated from north Indian villages to overseas locales, or that have migrated from oral traditio…
shamanism Korea spirit portrait American power politics of anti-superstition A notable feature of contemporary Hwanghae-do (now a region in North Korea) shamanism in Incheon, west of Seoul, is a body of material symbols of American power that are famil…
competition display Fire Festival myth-history social and cosmic renewal Southwest China Each year the Nuosu, a Tibeto-Burman group of Southwest China, celebrate their Fire Festival with vibrant displays that evoke the myth-historical blunder of a hero…
processions aesthetics display Balinese Hinduism religious pluralism Lombok In the Hindu Balinese imagination, demons (buta kala) are ambiguous figures of the crossroads. Across Indonesia, the display of giant demon puppets (ogoh-ogoh) has increasingly…