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Of beggars and Buddhas : the politics of humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand /

The 547 Buddhist jatakas, or verse parables, recount the Buddha's lives in previous incarnations. In his penultimate and most famous incarnation, he appears as the Prince Vessantara, perfecting the virtue of generosity by giving away all his possessions, his wife, and his children to the beggar...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bowie, Katherine Ann, 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2017]
Colección:New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Introduction: Of Monarchs, Monks, and Peasant Masses; Part I: Diversity in Humor; 1. Central Thailand: Humor Defeated; 2. Northeastern Thailand: Humor Diverted; 3. Northern Thailand: Humor Delighted; Part II: The Politics of Diversity; 4. Jujaka as Trickster: The Peasant Imaginaire; 5. Jujaka as Threat: Consolidating Control; 6. Jujaka as Deity: Rebirths under Global Capitalism; Conclusion: The Journey's End; Notes; Bibliography; Index. 
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