The Buddha Side: Gender, Power, and Buddhist Practice in Vietnam

by Alexander Soucy

The most common description of the supernatural landscape in Vietnam makes a distinction between Buddhist and non-Buddhist "sides." The "Buddha side" (ben phat) is the focus of this investigation into the intersection of gender, power, and religious praxis. Employing an anthropological approach to Buddhist practice that takes into account modes of action that are not only socially constructed and contextual, but also negotiated by the actors, The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824835980
• ISBN13: 9780824835989
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"