The Buddha side
Subtitle: gender, power, and Buddhist practice in Vietnam
By: Alexander Soucy
Series: Topics in contemporary Buddhism; Topics in contemporary Buddhism
Publisher: University of Hawaiʻi Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780824835989
Subjects: Customs and practices; Buddhism; Buddhism and state; Women in Buddhism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Views of the religious landscape; title: Space and the ranking of Buddhisms; title: Masculinities and performances of skepticism; title: Offerings and blessings; title: Women, offerings, and symbolic capital; title: Sutra recital and Buddhist identities; title: Conspicuous devotion and devotional distinctions; title: Interpretive distinctions; title: Language, orthodoxy, and performances of authority.