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Deathpower: Buddhism´s Ritual Imagination in Cambodia

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Description for Deathpower: Buddhism´s Ritual Imagination in Cambodia paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMC; HPDF; HREC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 248 x 27. Weight in Grams: 564.
Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Cambodia, Erik W. Davis radically reorients approaches toward the nature of Southeast Asian Buddhism's interactions with local religious practice and, by extension, reorients our understanding of Buddhism itself. Through a vivid study of contemporary Cambodian Buddhist funeral rites, he reveals the powerfully integrative role monks play as they care for the dead and negotiate the interplay of non-Buddhist spirits and formal Buddhist customs. Buddhist monks perform funeral rituals rooted in the embodied practices of Khmer rice farmers and the social hierarchies of Khmer culture. The monks' realization of death underwrites key components of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231169189
SKU
9780231179874
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About Barthes
Erik W. Davis is associate professor of religious studies at Macalester College. His research interests include contemporary religious movements, spirit possession, and the ritualization of ethnic boundaries.

Reviews for Deathpower: Buddhism´s Ritual Imagination in Cambodia
Deathpower provides a compelling and provocative analysis, both reflective and challenging, that will stand the test of time. More importantly, Davis is clearly emotionally and intellectually invested in his work. His care for Cambodia and its people is a model of responsible and sincere scholarship.
Justin McDaniel, University of Pennsylvania In an original and thought-provoking book, Erik W. Davis ... Read more

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