Goddess on the frontier : religion, ethnicity, and gender in southwest China /

This work follows the transformations of the goddess Baijie, a deity worshiped in the Dali region of southwest China's Yunnan Province, to understand how local identities developed in a Chinese frontier region from the twelfth century to the twenty-first.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bryson, Megan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]
Temas:
Baijie > (Buddhist deity) > Cult > History.
Baijie > (Buddhist deity)
Buddhist goddesses > China > Dali Baizu Zizhizhou > History.
Buddhism > China > Dali Baizu Zizhizhou > History.
Ethnicity > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Bai (Chinese people) > Religion.
Ethnicité > Aspect religieux > Bouddhisme.
Bai (Peuple de Chine) > Religion.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Ethnicity > Religious aspects > Buddhism
Buddhism
Buddhist goddesses
Cults
Religion
Buddhismus
Ethnizität
Geschlechterforschung
Dali Baizu Zizhizhou (China) > Religion.
China > Dali Baizu Zizhizhou
China
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : religion, ethnicity and gender in Dali
  • Baijie's background : religion and representation in the Nanzhao and Dali kingdoms
  • Holy consort white sister : Baijie Shengfei and Dali-kingdom Buddhism
  • Little white sister : Baijie Amei, dragons, and kingship in Ming Dali
  • Lady of cypress chastity : Baijie Furen in the Ming and Qing
  • Baijie the benzhu : village religion in contemporary Dali
  • Conclusion : ethnicity and gender in the cult of the goddess Baijie.

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