Wayward distractions : ornament, emotion, zombies and the study of Buddhism in Thailand /
When more than 93 per cent of the citizens of one country profess a single religion, as Thais do Buddhism, and when that religion is deeply integrated into national institutions and ideologies, it becomes tempting to think of the religion as a textual, institutional, cultural and conceptual whole. B...
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Singapore : Kyoto, Japan :
NUS Press ; Kyoto University Press,
[2021]
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| Series: | Kyoto CSEAS series on Asian studies ;
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Table of Contents:
- Half Title page
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- Full Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
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- 1. Introduction: Cajoleries, Non-Human Ontology and the Importance of Thin Description in the Study of Thai Buddhist Stuff
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- 2. Creative Engagement: The Sujavaṇṇa Wua Luang and Its Contribution to Buddhist Literature
- 3. Ethnicity and the Galactic Polity: Ideas and Actualities in the History of Bangkok
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- 4. Beautifully Buddhist and Betrothed: Marriage and Buddhism as Described in the Jātakas
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- 5. The Bird in the Corner of hte Painting: Some Problems with the Use of Buddhist Texts to Study Buddhist Ornamental Art in Thailand
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- 6. The Material Turn: An Introduction to Thai Sources for the Study of Buddhist Amulets
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- 7. Strolling Through Temporary Temples: Modern Buddhist Art Installations in Thailand
- 8. This Hindu Holy Man is a Thai Buddhist
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- 9. Encountering Corpses: Notes on Zombies and the Living Dead in Buddhist Southeast Asia
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- 10. Buddhist ""Nuns"" (mae chi) and the Teaching of Pali in Contemporary Thailand
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- Bibliography
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- Index
