The Buddha in Lanna : art, lineage, power, and place in Northern Thailand / Angela S. Chiu.

Author
Chiu, Angela S. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]
Description
xiii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-236) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • Buddha images and devotees : lineages of people and places
    • Buddha images and the monkhood : monastic political power beyond the cloister
    • Buddha images and place : materializing the Buddha's agency in the landscape
    • Buddha images and relics : form, place, and history
    • Buddha images as objects of donation : intention, wishes, and economic value in inscriptions on the bases of images
    • Buddha images as objects of transferrable power : the physical and social processes of copying images.
    ISBN
    • 9780824858742 ((hardback) ; : (alkaline paper))
    • 0824858743 ((hardback) ; : (alkaline paper))
    LCCN
    2016044851
    OCLC
    951753960
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