The Traffic in Hierarchy: Masculinity and Its Others in Buddhist Burma 9780824865979
Until its recent political thaw, Burma was closed to most foreign researchers, and fieldwork-based research was rare. In
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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Hierarchy in Traffic
Chapter One. Everyday Forms of Hierarchical Observance
Chapter Two. A Description of the Shweigyin Monastery
Chapter Three. Discretionary Attachments: Monks and Their Social Relations
Chapter Four. Taking Dumont to Southeast Asia
Chapter Five. Hierarchical Habits
Chapter Six. Gaining Access to Power
Chapter Seven. Meditation
Chapter Eight. Masculinity
Chapter Nine. Masculinity’s Others: Women, Nuns, and Trans Women
Chapter Ten. Taking Autonomy and Attachment Further Afield
Notes
References
Index
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Hierarchy in Traffic
Chapter One. Everyday Forms of Hierarchical Observance
Chapter Two. A Description of the Shweigyin Monastery
Chapter Three. Discretionary Attachments: Monks and Their Social Relations
Chapter Four. Taking Dumont to Southeast Asia
Chapter Five. Hierarchical Habits
Chapter Six. Gaining Access to Power
Chapter Seven. Meditation
Chapter Eight. Masculinity
Chapter Nine. Masculinity’s Others: Women, Nuns, and Trans Women
Chapter Ten. Taking Autonomy and Attachment Further Afield
Notes
References
Index
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- Ward Keeler
