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McDaniel, Justin.

The lovelorn ghost and the magical monk : practicing Buddhism in modern Thailand / Justin Thomas McDaniel. - 1 online resource (xiv, 327 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-313) and index.

Monks and Kings -- Texts and Magic -- Rituals and Liturgies -- Art and Objects.

"Focusing on representations of the ghost and monk from the late eighteenth century to the present, Justin Thomas McDaniel builds a case for interpreting modern Thai Buddhist practice through the movements of these transformative figures ... Listening to popular Thai Buddhist ghost stories, visiting crowded shrines and temples, he finds concepts of attachment, love, wealth, beauty, entertainment, graciousness, security, and nationalism all spring from engagement with the ghost and the monk and are as vital to the making of Thai Buddhism as venerating the Buddha himself."--Jacket.


In English.

ISBN: 0231527543 9780231527545

Standard No.: 10.7312/mcda15376 doi

Publisher. No.: MWT11864332

Source: 22573/cttgshs0 JSTOR 22E8E7AA-5B69-4F30-B288-386B2BF7CC5E OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Buddhism--Social aspects--History.--Thailand
Electronic books.
Livres numériques.
e-books.
RELIGION--General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Buddhism--Social aspects
Buddhismus
Religionsausübung
Ritual

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Thailand
Thailand

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History

LC Class. No.: BQ566 / .M38 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 306.6/94309593