Of Beggars and Buddhas: The Politics of Humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand by Bowie, Katherine a.

Of Beggars and Buddhas: The Politics of Humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780299309503)

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Of Beggars and Buddhas: The Politics of Humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand by Bowie, Katherine a.

Of Beggars and Buddhas: The Politics of Humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand

$64.95
Of Beggars and Buddhas: The Politics of Humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand by Bowie, Katherine a.

Of Beggars and Buddhas: The Politics of Humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand

$64.95
Format: Hardcover
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In the Buddha's penultimate incarnation, he appears as the Prince Vessantara. Perfecting the virtue of generosity, he gives away all his possessions, and even hands over his two children to the beggar Jujaka. This story was once better known across Theravada Buddhist Southeast Asia than the life of the Buddha himself. In Thailand, regional retellings have included humor and sly antiroyalist themes, despite efforts by the Bangkok monarchy to suppress them. Focusing on Jujaka, Katherine A. Bowie traces variations of this famous story, noting changes from its historical emphasis on generosity in feudal society to new emphases on prosperity and tourism under capitalism.

Author: Katherine a. Bowie
ISBN-10: 0299309509
ISBN-13: 9780299309503
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Language: English
Published: 02/21/2017
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d
By Katherine a. Bowie
By Katherine a. Bowie
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Katherine A. Bowie is a professor of anthropology and the director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of Rituals of National Loyalty: An Anthropology of the State and the Village Scout Movement in Thailand.

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