Engendering the Buddhist state : territory, sovereignty and sexual difference in the inventions of Angkor / Ashley Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Ashley, 1965- author.

Series:

Routledge critical studies in Buddhism.

Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theravāda Buddhism--Political aspects--Cambodia--History.

Theravāda Buddhism.

Buddhism and state--Cambodia--History.

Buddhism and state.

Sex role--Cambodia--History.

Sex role.

Indigenous peoples--Cambodia--History.

Indigenous peoples.

Power (Social sciences)--Cambodia--History.

Power (Social sciences).

Cambodia--History--Sources.

Cambodia.

Cambodia--Historiography.

Cambodia--Religion.

Cambodia--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 203 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing from more than a decade of field and archival research, this monograph concerns Cambodian cultural history and historiography, with an ultimate aim of broadening and deepening bases for understanding the Cambodian Theravadin politico-cultural complex. The book takes the form of an interdisciplinary analysis of performative and representational strategies for constituting social collectivities, largely developed at Angkor. The analysis involves extended close readings of a wide range of cultural artefacts including epigraphic and manuscript texts, sculpture and ritual practices.

Contents:

1. Textual foundations : on Sdok Kak Thom

2. Sculptural foundations : on the Linga and Yoni

3. Bodily remains

4. The fate of the Linga-Yoni Ensemble.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Incluides bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-62085-5

1-317-21820-5

1-317-21819-1

9781315620855

OCLC:

946887549