World of Worldly Gods: The Persistence and Transformation of Shamanic Bon in Buddhist Bhutan

ISBN-13: 9780197669860 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 296 str.

Asia R Postdoctoral Fellow Kelzang T. (Postdoctoral Fellow

Recenzje

Based on research into the rituals of bon specialists in the village of Goleng in central Bhutan, the book records bon ritual traditions anchored in the rapidly changing social hierarchy of the villagers. It impartially describes the patterns of increasing control by lay Buddhist specialists. With insight and new information, it is a must-read for those interested in the real life of communities in the Himalayan region and ethnographic Tibet.

O autorze

Kelzang T. Tashi is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Asia Research Institute at National University of Singapore and a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at London School of economics and Political Science. He received his PhD in Anthropology from the Australian National University in 2020. His areas of interest include religion, society, kinship and gender, health and healing, and the environment.