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Religious Others, Tourism, and Missionization: Buddhist ‘Monk Chats’ in Northern Thailand |
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Schedneck, Brooke (著)
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| Source |
Modern Asian Studies
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| Volume | v.52 n.6 NUOVA SERIE |
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| Date | 2018.11 |
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| Pages | 1888 - 1916 |
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| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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http://www.journals.cambridge.org
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| Location | New York, NY, US [紐約, 紐約州, 美國] |
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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 | Author Affiliation: Rhodes College, USA. |
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| Abstract | Conjunctures of globalization and education have shaped the intersection of Buddhist monasticism and international tourism in the Northern Thai city, Chiang Mai. International tourism in Chiang Mai has been popular since the 1990s, while monks from all over Thailand and South and Southeast Asia have come to Chiang Mai in large numbers to pursue higher education in English since the 2000s. Focusing on Buddhist temples that contain a Monk Chat programme, where tourists and monks engage in conversation, this article analyses the responses of Buddhist monks towards a range of international tourists. Utilizing the perspectives of Buddhist monks through interviews reveals attitudes towards Western and Asian tourists as situated within broader discourses of Thai society. Investigating these attitudes and responses within the context of wider state, regional, and transnational influences, I argue that attitudes towards religious others are inextricably connected to missionization. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 1888
Introduction 1888
Theravāda Buddhist attitudes to the religious other 1892
Buddhist tourism in Northern Thailand 1895
Religious encounters with tourists in Chiang Mai 1900
Attitudes towards Western tourists (the beneficial other) 1901
Encounters with Chinese tourists (the familiar other) 1904
Encounters with Muslim tourists (the distant other) 1907
Missionizing possibilities 1911
Conclusion 1915 |
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| ISSN | 0026749X (P); 14698099 (E) |
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| DOI | 10.1017/S0026749X16001013 |
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| Created date | 2024.06.18 |
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| Modified date | 2024.06.19 |
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