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Subject(s)

• Baijie (Buddhist deity)—Cult—History [Browse]
• Buddhist goddesses—China—Dali Baizu Zizhizhou—History [Browse]
• Buddhism—China—Dali Baizu Zizhizhou—History [Browse]
• Ethnicity—Religious aspects—Buddhism [Browse]
• Bai (Chinese people)—Religion [Browse]
• Dali Baizu Zizhizhou (China)—Religion [Browse]

Bibliographic references

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

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 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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ISBN

• 9780804799546 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
• 0804799547 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))

LCCN

2016012719

OCLC

962324203

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