Religious Tourism in Northern Thailand : Encounters with Buddhist Monks /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schedneck, Brooke (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tourism > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Tourism.
Interfaith relations.
Globalization > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Buddhism > Social aspects.
Buddhism and culture.
Buddhism.
Buddhism > Relations.
Buddhism and culture > Thailand > Chiang Mai.
Buddhism > Social aspects > Thailand > Chiang Mai.
Tourism > Thailand > Chiang Mai.
Thailand > Chiang Mai.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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