{"title":"Artistic Representations of Urban Shamans in Contemporary Japan\u0000 Texts, Inter-actions and Efficacy","authors":"Silvia Rivadossi","doi":"10.30687/ANNOR/2385-3042/2018/01/024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30687/ANNOR/2385-3042/2018/01/024","url":null,"abstract":"This paper will investigate how the Japanese urban shamanic actor and role is constructed and represented by artists in different texts. Three case studies – writer Taguchi Randy, contemporary artist Mori Mariko, and musician Sugee – will be presented to illustrate the processes of re-appropriation of terms and themes in the contemporary narrative on urban shamans. The use of the word shāman – with new meanings attached – and the role of connecting humans with other-than-human entities – and especially with nature – will be analysed. Moreover, the connection to the so-called ‘new spirituality’ will be emphasized.","PeriodicalId":116855,"journal":{"name":"54 | Supplemento | 2018\n Texts in Between Action and Non-Action. Genesis, Strategies, and Outcomes of Textual Agency","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121604087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}