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Meditation in Modern Buddhism: Renunciation and Change in Thai Monastic Life
Cook, Joanna (Christ's College, Cambridge)
Meditation in Modern Buddhism: Renunciation and Change in Thai Monastic Life
Cook, Joanna (Christ's College, Cambridge)
This ethnographic account of a thriving Northern Thai monastery examines meditation in detail, and explores the subjective signification of monastic duties and ascetic practices. Focusing on the status of mae chee - part lay, part monastic nuns - it provides a fresh insight into social relationships and gender hierarchy within the monastery.
224 pages, 10 b/w illus. 1 map 1 table
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | August 5, 2010 |
ISBN13 | 9780521119382 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 224 |
Dimensions | 162 × 234 × 17 mm · 492 g |
Language | English |