Goddess on the Frontier : Religion, Ethnicity, and Gender in Southwest China /

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Dali is a small region on a high plateau in Southeast Asia. Its main deity, Baijie, has assumed several gendered forms throughout the area's history: Buddhist goddess, the mother of Dali's founder, a widowed martyr, and a village divinity. What accounts for so many different incarnations o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bryson, Megan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Bai (Chinese people) > Religion.
Buddhism > China > Dali Baizu Zizhizhou > History.
Buddhist goddesses > China > Dali Baizu Zizhizhou > History.
Ethnicity > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
China.
Dali.
Southwest China.
Yunnan.
ethnicity.
frontier.
gender.
goddess.
religion.
RELIGION / Buddhism / History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. BAIJIE'S BACKGROUND
  • 2. HOLY CONSORT WHITE SISTER
  • 3. LITTLE WHITE SISTER
  • 4. LADY OF CYPRESS CHASTITY
  • 5. BAIJIE THE BENZHU
  • CONCLUSION
  • CHINESE CHARACTERS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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