Erik W Davis
Biographic Data
| ID | 129108 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erik W Davis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erik W |
| FAMILY NAME | Davis |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIS E W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Simas: Foundations of Buddhist Religion
Deathpower: Buddhism's Ritual Imagination in Cambodia
Getting Sited in Cambodia2. The Funeral3. Rice, Water, Hierarchy: The Wild and the Civil4. Building Deathpower and Rituals of Sovereignty5. Binding Mighty Death: The Craft and Authority of the Rag Robe in Cambodian Ritual Technology6. Gifts and Hungry Ghosts7. Eating Leftovers, Rumors, and Witchcraft8. Buddhism Makes BrahmanismNotesKhmer GlossaryWorks CitedIndex
Kinship Beyond Death: Ambiguous Relations and Autonomous Children in Cambodian Buddhism
This article deals with the phenomenon of past-life memory among contemporary Cambodian children, using one exemplary case, of a young girl born with memories of her past existence as her own uncle, who predeceased her by 20 years. In contrast to the liberating power attributed to past-life memory among buddhas and arhats, past-life memory among children is considered frightening and abnormal in Cambodia. Investigating the ways in which families …
Weaving life out of death: The craft of the rag robe in Cambodian ritual technology
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Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China
The centrality of death rituals has rarely been documented in anthropologically informed studies of Buddhism. Bringing together a range of perspectives including ethnographic, textual, historical and theoretically informed accounts, this edited volume presents the diversity of the Buddhist funeral cultures of mainland Southeast Asia and China. While the contributions show that the ideas and ritual practices related to death are continuously trans…
Deathpower: Buddhism's Ritual Imagination in Cambodia
Getting Sited in Cambodia2. The Funeral3. Rice, Water, Hierarchy: The Wild and the Civil4. Building Deathpower and Rituals of Sovereignty5. Binding Mighty Death: The Craft and Authority of the Rag Robe in Cambodian Ritual Technology6. Gifts and Hungry Ghosts7. Eating Leftovers, Rumors, and Witchcraft8. Buddhism Makes BrahmanismNotesKhmer GlossaryWorks CitedIndex
Simas: Foundations of Buddhist Religion
Weaving life out of death: The craft of the rag robe in Cambodian ritual technology
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China
The centrality of death rituals has rarely been documented in anthropologically informed studies of Buddhism. Bringing together a range of perspectives including ethnographic, textual, historical and theoretically informed accounts, this edited volume presents the diversity of the Buddhist funeral cultures of mainland Southeast Asia and China. While the contributions show that the ideas and ritual practices related to death are continuously trans…
Kinship Beyond Death: Ambiguous Relations and Autonomous Children in Cambodian Buddhism
This article deals with the phenomenon of past-life memory among contemporary Cambodian children, using one exemplary case, of a young girl born with memories of her past existence as her own uncle, who predeceased her by 20 years. In contrast to the liberating power attributed to past-life memory among buddhas and arhats, past-life memory among children is considered frightening and abnormal in Cambodia. Investigating the ways in which families …
Deathpower: Buddhism's Ritual Imagination in Cambodia
Getting Sited in Cambodia2. The Funeral3. Rice, Water, Hierarchy: The Wild and the Civil4. Building Deathpower and Rituals of Sovereignty5. Binding Mighty Death: The Craft and Authority of the Rag Robe in Cambodian Ritual Technology6. Gifts and Hungry Ghosts7. Eating Leftovers, Rumors, and Witchcraft8. Buddhism Makes BrahmanismNotesKhmer GlossaryWorks CitedIndex
Simas: Foundations of Buddhist Religion
Buddhism (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (2 works) · Cambodian History and Society (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works)