Gift narration: dynamic themes of reciprocity, debt, and social relations in Theravāda Buddhist Myanmar
Scholarly studies of Buddhist gift-giving have explored the many ways in which gifts are or are not reciprocal. This topic is revisited in this article by the author drawing greater attention to the practice of narration. Instead of understanding Buddhist words about dāna as representing religious d...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Carfax Publ.
[2020]
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| In: |
Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-51 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Myanmar
/ Theravada
/ Gift
/ Reciprocity (Sociology)
/ Social network
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Myanmar
B dāna B Hospitality B Reciprocity B Ordination B Burma B Buddhist ethics B Debt B Narrative B Gift-giving B Theravāda Buddhism B patron-client relations B disrobing B asymmetrical relationships |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |