Religious bodies politic : rituals of sovereignty in Buryat buddhism
by
Bernstein, Anya, author.
Title
:
Religious bodies politic : rituals of sovereignty in Buryat buddhism
Buddhism and modernity.
Author
:
Bernstein, Anya, author.
ISBN
:
9780226072555
9780226072722
Personal Author
:
Bernstein, Anya, author.
Physical Description
:
xvii, 258 pages: illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
:
Buddhism and modernity.
Contents
:
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.
Subject Term
:
Buddhism -- Russia (Federation) -- Buri͡atii͡a
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) -- Russia (Federation) -- Buri͡atii͡a
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders -- Russia (Federation) -- Buri͡atii͡a
Buriats -- Religion.
Eurasian school -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Geographic Term
:
Buri͡atii͡a (Russia) -- Religious life and customs -- 21st century.
Bibliographical References
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-239) and index.
Field 805
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npmlib 10600297 BQ709 R85 B87834 ysh
Library | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Copy | Material Type | Status |
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NPM Library | BQ709 R85 B87834 2013 | 10600297 | 1 | B | *二館西文書一區 |