Background
Kendall, Laurel Margarite was born on December 24, 1947 in San Francisco, California, United States. Daughter of Henry George Kendall and Ramona Melawia Pezzini.
(This is an ethnography of Korean women's ritual realm...t...)
This is an ethnography of Korean women's ritual realm...the rites that demarcate, the supernatural beings who inhabit it, and the shamans who diagnose its vicissitudes and heal its ills. The rituals women perform in public and private, alone or with the help of shamans, reveal a complex system of beliefs and practices encapsulating significant notions of household, family, and kin. Whether as shaman or housewife, Korean women wield positive powers. In cooperation, they perform socially essential ritual work. Their religious activities are a measure of Korea's distinctiveness within the Confucian world. I describe in these pages the system of belief and practice I found among women and shamans in and around Enduring Pine Village, Republic of Korea. CONTENTS: A Kut for the Chon Family * Confucian Patriarchs and Spirited Women * Enduring Pine Village * Divine Connections: The Mansin and Her Clients * Wood Imps, Ghosts, and Other Noxious Influences * The Care and Feeding of Household Gods and Kindred Spirits * The Care and Feeding of Ancestors * Women's Rites * APPENDICES: The Chon Family Kut * Major Concerns Expressed in Divination Sessions * Ancestors Appearing in Kut
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anthropologist curator educator
Kendall, Laurel Margarite was born on December 24, 1947 in San Francisco, California, United States. Daughter of Henry George Kendall and Ramona Melawia Pezzini.
Bachelor, University California, Berkeley, 1969. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1975. Master of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1976.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1979.
Postdoctoral research fellow University Hawaii, Honolulu, 1979—1981. Visiting assistant professor University Kansas, Lawrence, 1981—1982. Assistant curator American Museum Natural History, New York City, 1983—1988, associate curator, 1988—1993, curator, since 1993.
Adjunct associate professor Columbia University, New York City, 1990—1994, adjunct professor, since 1994.
(This is an ethnography of Korean women's ritual realm...t...)
Member of New York Academy of Sciences (advisory council member section for anthropology since 1998), Association for Asian Studies, American Anthropology Association, Society for Anthropology Religion (member advisory board 1998—2002).
Married Homer Farrand Williams, August 15, 1981. 1 child Henry Sheldon Namsop Williams.