The Rebirth of Bodh Gaya

Buddhism and the Making of a World Heritage Site

David Geary (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2017
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-74237-3 (ISBN)

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This multilayered historical ethnography of Bodh Gaya — the place of Buddha’s enlightenment in the north Indian state of Bihar — explores the spatial politics surrounding the transformation of the Mahabodhi Temple Complex into a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2002. The rapid change from a small town based on an agricultural economy to an international destination that attracts hundreds of thousands of Buddhist pilgrims and visitors each year has given rise to a series of conflicts that foreground the politics of space and meaning among Bodh Gaya’s diverse constituencies.

David Geary examines the modern revival of Buddhism in India, the colonial and postcolonial dynamics surrounding archaeological heritage and sacred space, and the role of tourism and urban development in India.

David Geary is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia. He is the coeditor of Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on a Contested Buddhist Site: Bodh Gaya Jataka.

Acknowledgments

Note on Translation and Transliteration

Map of Bodh Gaya

Introduction

1. The Light of Asia

2. Rebuilding the Navel of the Earth

3. The Afterlife of Zamindari

4. Tourism in the Global Bazaar

5. A Master Plan for World Heritage

Conclusion

Notes

Glossary

References

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	26.10.2017
Reihe/Serie	Global South Asia
Mitarbeit	Herausgeber (Serie): K. Sivaramakrishnan, Padma Kaimal, Anand A. Yang
Zusatzinfo	22 b&w illus., 1 map
Verlagsort	Seattle
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-295-74237-2 / 0295742372
ISBN-13	978-0-295-74237-3 / 9780295742373
Zustand	Neuware