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The Aesthetics of In/Authenticity: Buddhism, Commodification, and Ethnoreligious Belonging in a Sino-Tibetan Contact Zone |
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Brox, Trine (著)
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Numen: International Review for the History of Religions
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| Volume | v.68 n.5-6 |
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| Date | 2021.09 |
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| Pages | 540 - 566 |
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| Publisher | Brill |
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http://www.brill.com/
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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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| Keyword | aesthetic habitus; authenticity; Buddhism; cultural survival; ethnoreligious belonging; Tibet |
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| Abstract | This article investigates how the cultural politics of ethnoreligious belonging play out through everyday aesthetic practices at a market for Tibetan Buddhist objects in Chengdu, China – a multiethnic place that is perceived and experienced as “Tibetan” by the Tibetans and Chinese who work, live, and shop there. Based upon ethnographic research in Chengdu, I explore how Tibetan urbanites navigate the sensorially intense market, sorting its sights, sounds, and smells to determine who and what belongs as authentically Tibetan Buddhist. In the process, I argue, they are laying claim to an ability to feel the in/authentic acquired through being born and raised as a Tibetan. This practical ability is what I call an aesthetic habitus. Yet, many Tibetans fear this ability is being eroded; it is no longer clear who and what belongs, contributing to anxieties that Tibetans as a distinct ethnoreligious community will be extinguished. |
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| ISSN | 00295973 (P); 15685276 (E) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1163/15685276-12341639 |
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| Created date | 2023.07.19 |
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| Modified date | 2023.07.19 |
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