Holt, John, 1948-

Spirits of the place Buddhism and Lao religious culture / [electronic resource] : John Clifford Holt. - Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2009. - xiii, 348 p. : ill. (some col.), maps.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-329) and index.

Powers of the place : Buddhism and the spirit cults of Muang Lao -- Interventions from afar: nonspiritual powers in place -- Questions of place: religious culture in a post-revolutionary space -- Commodities of the place: ritual expressions and the marketing of religious culture -- The spirit(s) of the place: Buddhists and contemporary Lao religion reconsidered -- App. 1. Transformations of the Ramayana -- App. 2. The cult of Khwan.


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Buddhism--Laos.
Spirits--Laos.
Religion and sociology--Laos.


Laos--Religion.


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