The Word and Wax: A Medical Folk Ritual Among Ukrainians in Alberta - Couverture souple

Hanchuk, Rena Jeanne

 
9781894865678: The Word and Wax: A Medical Folk Ritual Among Ukrainians in Alberta
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1894865677 ISBN 13 : 9781894865678
Editeur : Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 2024

Synopsis

The Word and Wax by Rena Jeanne Hanchuk explores the fascinating medical folk ritual of wax pouring used by some members of the Alberta Ukrainian community as a means of driving away fear and curing minor ailments. The ceremony is of the magico-religious and oral-incantational genre of folk medicine, incorporating Christian as well as non-Christian imagery. The Word and Wax is essential reading to anyone interested in the rich folkloric tradition brought to Alberta by early Ukrainian immigrants to Canada. The volume includes transliterations of the incantations of nine wax healers who practice or have practiced in Alberta. Among Ukrainians in Alberta, ethnography is the study of everyday people in cultural context. It involves the study of songs and stories, material culture, customs, art, and all types of traditional elements in life. Customs at Christmas, at weddings and other special times reveal the soul of a community. Ukrainian folklore has been associated with the study of village traditions in previous centuries; now it also includes twentieth-century culture, both in Ukraine and in Canada. The Canadian Series in Ukrainian Ethnology publishes scholarship dealing with the culture and folklore of Ukrainians and Ukrainians in Canada. It is published jointly by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and the Kule Folklore Centre at the University of Alberta.

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À propos de l?auteur

Rena Hanchuk graduated from the Ukrainian Folklore Program at the University of Alberta. Her Word and Wax: A Medical Folk Ritual among Ukrainians in Alberta is based on her master's thesis entitled "The World and Wax: Folk Psychology and Ukrainians in Alberta." Rena lives in Edmonton and is very active in the Ukrainian community.

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Éditeur
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1894865677
ISBN 13 
9781894865678
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
124
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Personne responsable
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