Making spirits, making art, Nat carving and contemporary painting in pre-transition Myanmar (Burma)

Embodiment, materiality, and technology intersect in the production of sacred images where tools, media, and intangible studio protocols inform the production of efficacious things. In Myanmar nat spirits appear in the bodies of costumed spirit mediums and in the intimately tended statues that adorn...

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Published in:	Material religion Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 285 - 313
Main Authors:	Hasinoff, Erin L., Kendall, Laurel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Routledge 03.07.2018 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	Aesthetics Anthropology anthropology of art Artists Contemporary art Democratization Imagery Mass media effects Mass media images Materiality Myanmar (Burma) nat worship object agency Production Sacredness Secularism sensational forms spirit mediumship Spirits Technology Visual arts Workshops Worldview Myanmar (Burma)
ISSN:	1743-2200, 1751-8342
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