The Buddha Side: Gender, Power, and Buddhist Practice in Vietnam 9780824865856

The most common description of the supernatural landscape in Vietnam makes a distinction between Buddhist and non-Buddhi

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Table of contents :
Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Views of the Religious Landscape
2. Space and the Ranking of Buddhisms
3. Masculinities and Performances of Skepticism
4. Offerings and Blessings
5. Women, Offerings, and Symbolic Capital
6. Sutra Recital and Buddhist Identities
7. Conspicuous Devotion and Devotional Distinctions
8. Interpretive Distinctions
9. Language, Orthodoxy, and Performances of Authority
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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