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The Shaman's Wages
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Kyoim Yun is associate professor of East Asian languages and cultures at the University of Kansas.

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"This is in short an extraordinary book, a corrective for anyone who Orientalizes shamanic ritual."
*European Journal of Korean Studies*

"[A]n interesting encounter with popular religion in the changing circumstances of Cheju."
*Journal of Asian Studies*

"[A] welcome contribution to an arena that has long needed to study monetary transactions in ritual."
*Asian Ethnology*

"[T]he book is inspiring and innovative in terms of the deep and detailed analysis of the multiple meanings of reciprocity in the context of shamanistic rituals."
*Acta Koreana*

"An insightful and valuable contribution to the study of Korean shamanism, it should find a place on the shelf of anyone who wants to have a better and more complete understanding of this living tradition."
*Journal of American Folklore*

"[C]learly one of the best books on musok out there."
*Religious Studies Review*

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