Imagining the course of life : self-transformation in a Shan Buddhist community /

Imagining the Course of Life offers a rich portrait of rural life in contemporary Southeast Asia and an accessible introduction to the complexities of Theravada Buddhism as it is actually lived and experienced. It is both an ethnography of indigenous views of human development and a theoretical cons...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eberhardt, Nancy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2006.
Temas:
Shan (Asian people) > Thailand > Religion.
Buddhism > Thailand > Customs and practices.
Shan (Asian people) > Thailand > Social life and customs.
Chan (Peuple d'Asie) > Thaïlande > Religion.
Bouddhisme > Thaïlande > Coutumes et pratiques.
Chan (Peuple d'Asie) > Thaïlande > Mœurs et coutumes.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Buddhism > Customs and practices.
Shan (Asian people) > Religion.
Thailand.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Spirits, souls, and selves : the body as a contested site
  • Souls into spirits : death as self-transformation
  • Domesticating the self
  • Maintaining health and well-being
  • Marking maturity : the negotiation of social inequalities at midlife
  • The ethnopsychology of aging and overall development
  • Imagined lives.

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