Creating a Buddhist Community : A Thai Temple in Silicon Valley /

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"The Wat Thai Buddhist Temple in Silicon Valley was founded in 1983 by a group of predominantly middle-class men and women with different ethnic and racial identities. The temple, which functions as a religious, social, economic, educational, and cultural hub, has become a place for the communi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bao, Jiemin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wat Thai of Silicon Valley.
Thailänder
Tempel
Buddhismus
Buddhism > Social aspects.
RELIGION > Buddhism > Theravada.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
Buddhism > Social aspects > California > Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Silicon Valley
California > Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: a community in the making
  • Creating a temple community
  • Erecting a chapel: carving out cultural space
  • Monks in the making
  • Merit making: transnational circuits
  • Shaping and performing Thai American identities
  • Conclusion: interaction, interdependence and transformations.

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