The Buddha side : gender, power, and Buddhist practice in Vietnam / Alexander Soucy.

By:

Soucy, Alexander Duncan, 1968- [author.]

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780824865856
0824865855
0824835980
9780824835989

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Electronic books

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Buddha side : gender, power, and Buddhist practice in Vietnam.; Print version:: Buddha side.DDC classification:

294.309597 23

LOC classification:

BQ4960.V5 S68 2012

Other classification:

294.309597

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

Views of the religious landscape -- Space and the ranking of Buddhisms -- Masculinities and performances of skepticism -- Offerings and blessings -- Women, offerings, and symbolic capital -- Sutra recital and Buddhist identities -- Conspicuous devotion and devotional distinctions -- Interpretive distinctions -- Language, orthodoxy, and performances of authority.

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Summary: " ... Explores how gender and age affect understandings of what it means to be a Buddhist [in Vietnam]."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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" ... Explores how gender and age affect understandings of what it means to be a Buddhist [in Vietnam]."--Jacket.

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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. MiAaHDL