Religious bodies politic : rituals of sovereignty in Buryat buddhism
Anya Bernstein
Bok · Engelsk · 2013
| Omfang | xvi, 258 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | Introduction -- Pilgrims, fieldworkers, and secret agents: Buryat buddhologists and a Eurasian imaginary -- Sovereign bodies: death, reincarnation, and border crossings in the transnational terrain -- The post-Soviet treasure hunt: new sacred histories and geographies -- Disciplining the monastic body: Buryat monks and nuns -- The body as gift: gender, the dead, and exchange in the chöd ritual economy -- Buddhism after socialism: money and morality in the world of Saṃsāra -- Epilogue: Bodies, gifts, and sovereignty.
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| ISBN | 9780226072555. - 9780226072722
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