| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 327 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-313) and index. |
| Contents |
Monks and Kings -- Texts and Magic -- Rituals and Liturgies -- Art and Objects. |
| Summary |
"Focusing on representations of the ghost and monk from the late eighteenth century to the present, Justin Thomas McDaniel builds a case for interpreting modern Thai Buddhist practice through the movements of these transformative figures ... Listening to popular Thai Buddhist ghost stories, visiting crowded shrines and temples, he finds concepts of attachment, love, wealth, beauty, entertainment, graciousness, security, and nationalism all spring from engagement with the ghost and the monk and are as vital to the making of Thai Buddhism as venerating the Buddha himself."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Buddhism -- Social aspects -- Thailand -- History.
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Buddhism -- Social aspects. |
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Thailand. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780231153768 0231153767 (DLC) 2010045092 |
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Print version: Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk. New York : Columbia University Press, [2011], ©2011 9780231153768 (DLC) 2010045092 (OCoLC)672300113 |
| ISBN |
0231527543 electronic book |
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9780231527545 electronic book |
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9780231153768 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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0231153767 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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9780231153775 |
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