Buddhist funeral cultures of southeast asia and china
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107667877
Date de publication :
6 mars 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
420 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Death rituals and Buddhist imagery of the afterlife have been central to the development and spread of Buddhism as a social and textual tradition. Bringing together ethnographic, historical and theoretically informed accounts, the book presents in-depth studies of the Buddhist funeral cultures of mainland Southeast Asia and China.