Goddess on the frontier : religion, ethnicity, and gender in southwest China / Megan Bryson.
Publisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781503600454
- 1503600459
- Baijie (Buddhist deity) -- Cult -- History
- Buddhist goddesses -- China -- Dali Baizu Zizhizhou -- History
- Buddhism -- China -- Dali Baizu Zizhizhou -- History
- Ethnicity -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
- Bai (Chinese people) -- Religion
- Dali Baizu Zizhizhou (China) -- Religion
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism
- RELIGION / Comparative Religion
- 299.5/112114 23
- BQ4890.B352 G6 2017eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : religion, ethnicity and gender in Dali -- Baijie's background : religion and representation in the Nanzhao and Dali kingdoms -- Holy consort white sister : Baijie Shengfei and Dali-kingdom Buddhism -- Little white sister : Baijie Amei, dragons, and kingship in Ming Dali -- Lady of cypress chastity : Baijie Furen in the Ming and Qing -- Baijie the benzhu : village religion in contemporary Dali -- Conclusion : ethnicity and gender in the cult of the goddess Baijie.
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