Gongga Laoren (1903-1997): Her Role in the Spread of Tibetan Buddhism in Taiwan
Fabienne Jagou
(Author)
Description
Through the biography of an unusual Manchu Chinese female devotee who contributed to the spread of Tibetan Buddhism in Taiwan, the book provides a new angle at looking at Sino-Tibetan relations by bringing issues of gender, power, self-representation, and globalizationProduct Details
Price
$131.10
Publisher
Brill
Publish Date
July 08, 2021
Pages
170
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9789004465749
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About the Author
Fabienne Jagou, Ph.D. with habilitation (1999, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris) is Senior Associate Professor at the École française d'Extrême-Orient. She has published widely on the modern Sino-Tibetan political and cultural history and is the author of The 9th Panchen Lama (1883-1937): A Life at the Crossroads of Sino-Tibetan Relations, Chiang Mai, Silkworm/EFEO, 2011 and the editor of The hybridity of Buddhism: Contemporary Encounters between Tibetan and Chinese traditions in Taiwan and the Mainland, Paris, EFEO (Coll. "Études thématiques no. 29"), 2018.
