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Religious tourism in northern Thailand : encounters with Buddhist monks /

"Temples are everywhere in Chiang Mai, filled with tourists as well as saffron-robed monks of all ages. The monks participate in daily urban life here as elsewhere in Thailand, where Buddhism is promoted, protected, and valued as a tourist attraction. Yet this mountain city offers more than a f...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Schedneck, Brooke (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2021]
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : Encountering Buddhism
  • A Modern History of Buddhist Encounters in Chiang Mai
  • The Agency of Buddhist Monks in the Tourism Landscape
  • Religious Others in the Buddhist Eye
  • Buddhist Spaces of Missionization
  • Self-Transformation and Buddhist Authenticity through Volunteer Tourism.