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present day (Davis 2001). Sprit-mediumship spread geographically to
Chinese diaspora communities in Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan and
is found rather early in Japan (Debernardi 2006; Marshall 2000; Sut-
ton 2000; Elliot 1955; Tsai 2004; Jordan 1972; Kleinman 1980; Blacker
1975; Bargen 1997; Komatsu 2000). A rich body of literature has also
developed on the intersection of anthropological theories regarding
spirit-mediumship and Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia (Tam-
biah 1970; Spiro 1982; Mumford 1989).