Buddhist Landscape and Cultural Memory
Keyword(s):
Chapter 1 considers the Buddhist inscription of Thailand’s landscape across the longue duree of history. One main theme in this chapter is the replication in situ of the sacred geography of India and Sri Lanka, including physical sites such as footprints and reliquaries (stupas). A second theme is the historic relationship between relics as powerful objects and men of power as those seeking to appropriate and manipulate relics. A third theme is the construction and restoration of cultic edifices as a practice constitutive of cultural memory.
2010 ◽
Vol 194
(6)
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pp. 1045-1069
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2010 ◽
Vol 41
(2)
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pp. 131-143
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2019 ◽
Vol 49
(194)
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pp. 119-135
1990 ◽
Vol 45
(2)
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pp. 507-522
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1981 ◽
Vol 36
(3)
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pp. 426-435
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