The Buddhist Dead - Practices, Discourses, Representations

Informationen zum Autor Alexander Soucy is professor and chair of the Department for the Study of Religion at Saint Mary's University (Halifax). Klappentext The most common description of the supernatural landscape in Vietnam makes a distinction between Buddhist and non-Buddhist 'sides'. The 'Buddha side' is the focus of this investigation into the intersection of gender, power, and religious praxis. Employing an anthropological approach that takes into account modes of action that are not only socially constructed and contextual, but also negotiated by the actors, this uniquely explores how gender and age affect understandings of what it means to be a Buddhist. Zusammenfassung This is the first study to describe Buddhism in Vietnam as it is experienced and understood by the majority of practitioners. It contextualizes Buddhist practices in contemporary Hanoi and examines the interconnections that religious practice has with age and gender. It examines particularly! the performative aspect of Buddhist practice in contemporary Vietnamese society.

Product details

• Authors: Bryan J. (EDT)/ Stone Cuevas, Alexander Soucy
• Assisted by: George Tanabe (Editor), George J. Tanabe (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2012
• EAN: 9780824835989
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-3598-9
• No. of pages: 504
• Series: Topics in Contemporary Buddhis; Topics in Contemporary Buddhis
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous