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The traffic in hierarchy : masculinity and its others in Buddhist Burma /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Keeler, Ward (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Social status > Burma.
Buddhism > Social aspects > Burma.
Masculinity > Social aspects > Burma.
Burma > Social life and customs.
Table of Contents:
  • Everyday forms of hierarchical observance
  • A description of the Shweigyin monastery
  • Discretionary attachments : monks and their social relations
  • Taking Dumont to Southeast Asia
  • Hierarchical habits
  • Gaining access to power
  • Meditation
  • Masculinity
  • Masculinity's others : women, nuns, and trans women
  • Taking autonomy and attachment further afield.