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Author Bryson, Megan, author.

Title Goddess on the frontier : religion, ethnicity, and gender in southwest China / Megan Bryson.

Publication Info. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]
©2017
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : religion, ethnicity and gender in Dali -- Baijie's background : religion and representation in the Nanzhao and Dali kingdoms -- Holy consort white sister : Baijie Shengfei and Dali-kingdom Buddhism -- Little white sister : Baijie Amei, dragons, and kingship in Ming Dali -- Lady of cypress chastity : Baijie Furen in the Ming and Qing -- Baijie the benzhu : village religion in contemporary Dali -- Conclusion : ethnicity and gender in the cult of the goddess Baijie.
Summary This work follows the transformations of the goddess Baijie, a deity worshiped in the Dali region of southwest China's Yunnan Province, to understand how local identities developed in a Chinese frontier region from the twelfth century to the twenty-first.
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Subject Baijie (Buddhist deity) -- Cult -- History.
Baijie (Buddhist deity)
Cults.
History.
Buddhist goddesses -- China -- Dali Baizu Zizhizhou -- History.
Buddhist goddesses.
China -- Dali Baizu Zizhizhou.
Buddhism -- China -- Dali Baizu Zizhizhou -- History.
Buddhism.
Ethnicity -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Ethnicity -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Bai (Chinese people) -- Religion.
Bai (Chinese people)
Religion.
Dali Baizu Zizhizhou (China) -- Religion.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Bryson, Megan. Goddess on the frontier. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017] 9780804799546 0804799547 (DLC) 2016012719 (OCoLC)962324203
ISBN 9781503600454 (electronic book)
1503600459 (electronic book)
9780804799546
0804799547

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