Religious Bodies Politic : Rituals of Sovereignty in Buryat Buddhism

University of Chicago Press

2013

278 p.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration -- Chronology of Events -- Introduction -- 1. Pilgrims, Fieldworkers, and Secret Agents: Buryat Buddhologists and a Eurasian Imaginary -- 2. Sovereign Bodies: Death, Reincarnation, and Border Crossings in the Transnational Terrain -- 3. The Post-Soviet Treasure Hunt: New Sacred Histories and Geographies -- 4. Disciplining the Monastic Body: Buryat Monks and Nuns -- 5. The Body As Gift: Gender, the Dead, and Exchange in the Chöd Ritual Economy -- 6 Buddhism after Socialism: Money and Morality in the World of Saṃsāra -- Epilogue: Bodies, Gifts, and Sovereignty -- Bibliography -- Index

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