Rebirth of Bodh Gaya - Buddhism and the Making of a World Heritage Site

David Geary is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia. He is the coeditor of Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on a Contested Buddhist Site: Bodh Gaya Jataka.

List of contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Translation and Transliteration

Map of Bodh Gaya

Introduction

1. The Light of Asia

2. Rebuilding the Navel of the Earth

3. The Afterlife of Zamindari

4. Tourism in the Global Bazaar

5. A Master Plan for World Heritage

Conclusion

Notes

Glossary

References

Index

About the author

David Geary is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia. He is the coeditor of Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on a Contested Buddhist Site: Bodh Gaya Jataka (Routledge, 2012).

Product details

• Authors: David Geary
• Assisted by: Padma Kaimal (Editor), K. Sivaramakrishnan (Editor), Anand A Yang (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780295742366
• ISBN: 978-0-295-74236-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Global South Asia; Global South Asia; Global South AsiaGlobal South AsiaGlobal South AsiaGlobal South AsiaGlobal South AsiaThe Rebirth of Bodh Gaya
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous