Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China

Herausgeber: Ladwig, Patrice; Williams, Paul

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Produktbeschreibung

In-depth anthropological studies of the Buddhist funeral cultures of mainland Southeast Asia and China.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 455g
• ISBN-13: 9781107667877
• ISBN-10: 1107667879
• Artikelnr.: 40558942

Inhaltsangabe

1. Buddhist funeral cultures of Southeast Asia and China Patrice Ladwig and
Paul Williams; 2. Chanting as 'bricolage technique': a comparison of South
and Southeast Asian funeral recitation Rita Langer; 3. Weaving life out of
death: the craft of the rag robe in Cambodian ritual technology Erik W.
Davis; 4. Corpses and cloth: illustrations of the pasuk¿la ceremony in Thai
manuscripts M. L. Pattaratorn Chirapravati; 5. Good death, bad death and
ritual restructurings: the New Year ceremonies of the Phunoy in northern
Laos Vanina Bouté; 6. Feeding the dead: ghosts, materiality and merit in a
Lao Buddhist festival for the deceased Patrice Ladwig; 7. Funeral rituals,
bad death and the protection of social space among the Arakanese (Burma)
Alexandra de Mersan; 8. Theatre of death and rebirth: monks' funerals in
Burma François Robinne; 9. From bones to ashes: the Teochiu management of
bad death in China and overseas Bernard Formoso; 10. For Buddhas, families
and ghosts: the transformation of the Ghost Festival into a Dharma assembly
in southeast China Ingmar Heise; 11. Xianghua foshi (incense and flower
Buddhist rites): a local Buddhist funeral ritual tradition in southeastern
China Yik Fai Tam; 12. Buddhist passports to the other world: a study of
modern and early medieval Chinese Buddhist mortuary documents Frederick
Shih-Chung Chen.