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The Funeral Casino: Meditation, Massacre, and Exchange with the Dead in Thailand
Alan Klima
The Funeral Casino: Meditation, Massacre, and Exchange with the Dead in Thailand
Alan Klima
Offers an interpretation of mass-mediated violence through a study of funeral gambling and Buddhist meditation on death. This book focuses on a particular array of tactics in Thai Buddhism and protest politics for connecting death and life, past and present and unveils a picture of community, responsibility, and accountability in the world order.
336 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 3, 2002 |
ISBN13 | 9780691074603 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 336 |
Dimensions | 152 × 235 × 21 mm · 510 g |
Language | English |