Battling the buddha of love: a cultural biography of the greatest statue never built
Auteur :
Falcone, Jessica Marie
Éditeur :
Cornell University Press
ISBN :
9781501723483
Date de publication :
15 sept. 2018
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
907 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Battling the Buddha of Love is a work of advocacy anthropology that explores the controversial plans and practices of the Maitreya Project, a transnational Buddhist organization, as it sought to build the "world's tallest statue" as a multi-million-dollar "gift" to India. Hoping to forcibly acquire 750 acres of occupied land for the statue park...