Mai Lan Gustafsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 221930 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mai Lan Gustafsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mai Lan |
| FAMILY NAME | Gustafsson |
| SIGNATURE | GUSTAFSSON M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Christopher Newport University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hungry Spirits
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMai Lan GustafssonMai Lan Gustafsson is a cultural anthropologist who is currently an associate professor of anthropology at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. A native of New Jersey and a longtime inhabitant of upstate New York, she has almost adapted to life in Virginia. Her research has taken two directions over the years: one branch deals with spirit possession in Vietnam, the …
War and Shadows
Gustafsson's rich ethnographic research explores the world of spirit possession in Vietnam, focusing on the source of the pain, the physical and mental anguish the spirits bring, and various attempts to ameliorate their anger through ritual offerings.
“Freedom. Money. Fun. Love.”
Memories of the Vietnam War abound in the minds of those who survived it, be they veterans or civilians, Vietnamese or American. Vietnamese refugees, forced to flee their homeland after the war ended in 1975, tell particularly poignant stories of loss—of country, of family, of tradition, and of identity. Not so the women featured in this article. During the war, they served as bargirls in Saigon, entertaining American soldiers. The stories they t…
Pride and Prejudice in a Southeast Asian Refugee Community in New York
A Day in the Southeast Asian "Community" of Syracuse
The Living and the Lost
The war in Vietnam claimed the lives of five million of its citizens, many of whom died in ways thought to have turned them into malevolent spirits who prey on the living. These angry ghosts are held responsible for a host of physical ailments and other misfortunes suffered by survivors of the war and their descendants. Known in the anthropological literature as possession illness, the cross-cultural treatment for such maladies is typically provi…
The Living and the Lost
The war in Vietnam claimed the lives of five million of its citizens, many of whom died in ways thought to have turned them into malevolent spirits who prey on the living. These angry ghosts are held responsible for a host of physical ailments and other misfortunes suffered by survivors of the war and their descendants. Known in the anthropological literature as possession illness, the cross-cultural treatment for such maladies is typically provi…
Hungry Spirits
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMai Lan GustafssonMai Lan Gustafsson is a cultural anthropologist who is currently an associate professor of anthropology at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. A native of New Jersey and a longtime inhabitant of upstate New York, she has almost adapted to life in Virginia. Her research has taken two directions over the years: one branch deals with spirit possession in Vietnam, the …
Pride and Prejudice in a Southeast Asian Refugee Community in New York
A Day in the Southeast Asian "Community" of Syracuse
The Living and the Lost
The war in Vietnam claimed the lives of five million of its citizens, many of whom died in ways thought to have turned them into malevolent spirits who prey on the living. These angry ghosts are held responsible for a host of physical ailments and other misfortunes suffered by survivors of the war and their descendants. Known in the anthropological literature as possession illness, the cross-cultural treatment for such maladies is typically provi…
Pride and Prejudice in a Southeast Asian Refugee Community in New York
War and Shadows
Gustafsson's rich ethnographic research explores the world of spirit possession in Vietnam, focusing on the source of the pain, the physical and mental anguish the spirits bring, and various attempts to ameliorate their anger through ritual offerings.
“Freedom. Money. Fun. Love.”
Memories of the Vietnam War abound in the minds of those who survived it, be they veterans or civilians, Vietnamese or American. Vietnamese refugees, forced to flee their homeland after the war ended in 1975, tell particularly poignant stories of loss—of country, of family, of tradition, and of identity. Not so the women featured in this article. During the war, they served as bargirls in Saigon, entertaining American soldiers. The stories they t…
Hungry Spirits
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMai Lan GustafssonMai Lan Gustafsson is a cultural anthropologist who is currently an associate professor of anthropology at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. A native of New Jersey and a longtime inhabitant of upstate New York, she has almost adapted to life in Virginia. Her research has taken two directions over the years: one branch deals with spirit possession in Vietnam, the …
History (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (3 works) · Asian American and Pacific Histories (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Politics (2 works)