Engendering the Buddhist State: Territory, Sovereignty and Sexual Difference in the Inventions of Angkor

by Ashley Thompson

Drawing from more than a decade of field and archival research, this monograph concerns Cambodian cultural history and historiography, with an ultimate aim of broadening and deepening bases for understanding the Cambodian Theravadin politico-cultural complex. The book takes the form of an interdisciplinary analysis of performative and representational strategies for constituting social collectivities, largely developed at Angkor.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367866471
• ISBN13: 9780367866471
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"