TY - BOOK AU - Holt,John ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Spirits of the place: Buddhism and Lao religious culture AV - BL2067 .H66 2009eb U1 - 294.3/35 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Honolulu PB - University of Hawai'i Press KW - Buddhism KW - Laos KW - Spirits KW - Religion and sociology KW - Religion KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10412265 ER -