Buddha in the marketplace : the commodification of Buddhist objects in Tibet
Title:
Buddha in the marketplace : the commodification of Buddhist objects in Tibet
Traditions and transformations in Tibetan Buddhism
Traditions and transformations in Tibetan Buddhism.
Author:
Catanese, Alex John, author.
ISBN:
9780813943176
9780813943183
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, c2019.
Physical Description:
318 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 23 cm.
Series:
Traditions and transformations in Tibetan Buddhism
Traditions and transformations in Tibetan Buddhism.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Early Prohibitions against Selling Buddhist Objects: Indian and Chinese Sources n -- 2.Selling Buddhist Objects in Tibetan Buddhist Literature -- 3.The Exchange of Buddhist Objects in Tibet up to the Cultural Revolution -- 4.The Sale of Buddhist Objects in Amdo: The Socioeconomic Context -- 5.The Sociopolitical Context of Commodification -- 6.Painters, Merchants, and Monks: Tibetan Perceptions of the Sale of Buddhist Goods -- 7.The Impact of Selling Buddhist Objects in Tibet: The Economic, Cultural, and Shifting Moral Dimensions of Commodification.
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-306) and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 11101906 BQ5070 C38 os2 yh