Places in motion the fluid identities of temples, images, and pilgrims

The questions of placesPlace, contestation, and the complexities of agency -- Power fallen from the sky -- The polyvalent padas of virtue and the Buddha -- The drama of virtue and the Buddha at Bodhgaya -- Bodhgaya, UNESCO, and the ambiguities of preservation -- The power and the politics of emplace...

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1. Verfasser: Kinnard, Jacob N. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Oxford u.a. Oxford Univ. Press 2014
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Zusammenfassung:The questions of placesPlace, contestation, and the complexities of agency -- Power fallen from the sky -- The polyvalent padas of virtue and the Buddha -- The drama of virtue and the Buddha at Bodhgaya -- Bodhgaya, UNESCO, and the ambiguities of preservation -- The power and the politics of emplacement -- Public space or sacred place? -- Fences and walls: a not-so-final reflection on preservations, prohibitions, and places in motion.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-259) and index
Beschreibung:XXII, 269 S.
24 cm
ISBN:9780199359660
978-0-19-935966-0
9780199359653
978-0-19-935965-3
0199359660
0-19-935966-0
0199359652
0-19-935965-2