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The 12th Dorje Phagmo of Tibet, 'Female Living Buddha' and Cadre: A Political Paradox? |
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| Author |
Diemberger, Hildegard (著)
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Inner Asia
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| Volume | v.10 n.1 Special Issue |
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| Date | 2008.01 |
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| Pages | 153 - 169 |
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| Publisher | Brill |
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http://www.brill.nl/
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| Location | Leiden, the Netherlands [萊登, 荷蘭] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | 1. Special Issue: Cadres and Discourse in Late Socialist Societies
2. Author Affiliation: University of Cambridge, UK |
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| Keyword | Tibet; Buddhism; reincarnation; gender; minority national cadres; United Front |
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| Abstract | This paper looks at the Samding Dorje Phagmo as an example of a minority nationality cadre who has been appointed to high positions in the Chinese administration in the name of her ethnicity, religious role and gender. Like most cadres who were co-opted from traditional elites she is unique because of her historical profile and role, but she embodies practices that are widespread among Tibetan cadres. Historically the Samding Dorje Phagmo was an important religious institution, established in the fifteenth century as the reincarnation of the tantric goddess Vajravārāhī. In the 1950s the 12th Dorje Phagmo was included among the members of the local religious elite by the newly-established Chinese rule. She is currently the Vice-president of the National People's Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region and a member of the National People's Political Consultative Conference. She is therefore one of the more senior Tibetan cadres and one whose career has been most long-lived. Her political practice shows that the contemporary Sino-Tibetan relationship is not always a clear-cut one of domination and resistance, or secular communist suppression of Buddhist beliefs and practices, but full of paradoxes. |
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| Table of contents | ABSTRACT 153
Keywords 153
TIBETAN CADRES IN A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 154
THE SAMDING DORJE PHAGMO: TRANSFORMATIONS OF A HISTORICAL RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION 156
THE GENDER POLITICS OF THE DORJE PHAGMO 162
CONCLUSION 165
NOTES 166
REFERENCES 168
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| ISSN | 14648172 (P); 22105018 (E) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1163/000000008793066812 |
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| Created date | 2024.06.13 |
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| Modified date | 2024.06.25 |
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