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The rebirth of Bodh Gaya : Buddhism and the making of a World Heritage site / David Geary.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Geary, David, 1976- author.
- Series:
- Global South Asia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex (Buddh Gaya, India).
- Heritage tourism--Social aspects--India--Buddh Gaya.
- Heritage tourism.
- Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages--Social aspects--India--Buddh Gaya.
- Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- Tourism--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
- Tourism.
- Social aspects.
- Heritage tourism--Social aspects.
- Buddh Gaya (India)--Social conditions.
- Buddh Gaya (India).
- India.
- India--Buddh Gaya.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 243 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- More than two thousand years ago, in a village in North India, Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment while sitting under what became known as the Bodhi tree. This multilayered historical ethnography of Bodh Gaya explores the spatial politics surrounding the 2002 transformation of the Mahabodhi Temple Complex into a Unesco World Heritage Site. The rapid change from a small town with an agricultural economy to an international destination that attracts hundreds of thousands of Buddhist pilgrims and visitors each year has given rise to conflicts over space and meaning among Bodh Gaya's diverse constituencies, from Buddhist monks and nuns, to hotel and restaurant owners, to residents and tourists, to local and national government. Through the case of Bodh Gaya, David Geary examines the modern revival of Buddhism in India, the colonial and postcolonial dynamics surrounding archaeological heritage and sacred space, and the role of tourism and urban development Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction 3
- 1 The Light of Asia 15
- 2 Rebuilding the Navel of the Earth 44
- 3 The Afterlife of Zamindari 83
- 4 Tourism in the Global Bazaar 114
- 5 A Master Plan for World Heritage 147.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Geary, David, 1976- author. Rebirth of Bodh Gaya
- ISBN:
- 9780295742366
- 0295742364
- 9780295742373
- 0295742372
- OCLC:
- 984624053
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