Korean Shamanist Ritual: Symbols and Dramas of Transformation Book

	Introduction
Pt. 1	The World of Korean Shamanist Ritual	1
Ch. 1	Korean Shamanist Rituals	3
	Communal Village Rites	7
Ch. 2	The Shamanist Community's Signs	16
	Revelatory Signs	16
	Aesthetic Signs	21
	Sacramental Signs	26
	Sacred Signs	29
Ch. 3	Realms of the Sacred	37
	Nature	37
	Childbirth	41
	Death	50
	The Shaman's Life	59
Ch. 4	The People's Mudang, The Gods, and Evil	64
	The People's Mudang	64
	The Community's Gods	69
	The Community's Perception of Evil	75
Ch. 5	Death Rites: Korean Shamanist and Christian	81
Pt. 2	Korean Shamanist Ritual Drama	93
Ch. 6	The Dynamics of Kut Drama	95
	Mimetic Representation and Wonder	96
	Psycho-drama and Comic Play	98
	Dramatic Movement and Destiny	105
	The Drama of Life	113
Ch. 7	The Comic Dynamics of the Kori-kut	116
	The "Schoolmaster"	118
	The "Civil Service Exam"	124
	The "Blind Man"	129
	"Boat Play" and "Childbirth"	131
Ch. 8	The Aesthetics of Kut Drama	135
	The sublime and the Comic	135
	Creative Chaos	137
	Harmonious Unity	140
	Dramatic Intensity	145
Pt. 3	The Korean Shamanist Community	153
Ch. 9	The Kut Community's World and Korean Culture	155
	Bibliography	163
	Index	171