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Goddess on the frontier religion, ethnicity, and gender in southwest China

Title: Goddess on the frontier [electronic resource] : religion, ethnicity, and gender in southwest China / Megan Bryson.
Author: Bryson, Megan.
Publication: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2017.

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Description

1 online resource (xii, 246 pages) : illustrations.

Uniform Title

Goddess on the frontier (Online)

Alternative Title

Goddess on the frontier (Online)

Subject

Baijie (Buddhist deity) > Cult > History
Buddhist goddesses > China > Dali Baizu Zizhizhou > History
Buddhism > China > Dali Baizu Zizhizhou > History
Ethnicity > Religious aspects > Buddhism
Bai (Chinese people) > Religion
Dali Baizu Zizhizhou (China) > Religion

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-234) and index.

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Contents

Introduction : religion, ethnicity and gender in Dali -- Baijie's background : religion and representation in the Nanzhao and Dali kingdoms -- Holy consort white sister : Baijie Shengfei and Dali-kingdom Buddhism -- Little white sister : Baijie Amei, dragons, and kingship in Ming Dali -- Lady of cypress chastity : Baijie Furen in the Ming and Qing -- Baijie the benzhu : village religion in contemporary Dali -- Conclusion : ethnicity and gender in the cult of the goddess Baijie.

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