Book chapters by Jovan Maud
Klassiker der Sozialwissenschaften, 2013
Faith in the Future: Understanding the Revitalization of Religions and Cultural Traditions in Asia, 2012
Pilgrimage in an Age of Globalisation, 2012
Dynamic Diversity in Southern Thailand, 2005
Book Reviews by Jovan Maud
Journal of the Siam Society, 2013
Conference Presentations by Jovan Maud
First Inter-Dialogue Conference on Southern Thailand, …, 2002
Thesis by Jovan Maud
Papers by Jovan Maud
"December 2007"Thesis (PhD)--Macquarie University, Division of Society, Culture, Media ... more "December 2007"Thesis (PhD)--Macquarie University, Division of Society, Culture, Media & Philosophy, Department of Anthropology, 2008.Bibliography: p. 405-428.Abstract -- Acknowledgements -- Note on transliteration -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter one: In the land of Luang Phò Thuat -- Chapter two: Wither the State : theories of popular religion in Thailand -- Chapter three: Southern Thailand and the metonymics of place -- Chapter four: The royal lord : Somdet Jao Pha Kao and Satingphra -- Chapter five: Suturing the State : Luang Phò Thuat and Pattani -- Chapter six: The Dhamma ambassador : the making of a Thai Bodhisattva -- Chapter seven: Devoted tourism : the transnaitonal sacred in southern Thailand -- Chapter eight: Monuments, mediums & the municipality : constructing Chineseness and sacred space in Hat Yai -- Chapter nine: On the limits of hybridity : foreign Chinese participation in a Theravada Buddhist ceremony in Songkhla -- Conclusion : The Bodhisattva and the boderland -- Appendix 1: Guest arrivals at accomadation establishments in Hat Yai, Janurary-March 1999 -- Glossary of terms -- References.This thesis is a study of religious charisma, the state, place-making and cultural flows in the southern Thai borderland. Based on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork in Songkhla and Pattani provinces, the thesis provides a historically-grounded anthropological account of popular Buddhism and other, particularly Chinese, religious forms and their relationship to state formation and transnational flow. -- Southern Thailand provides a provocative site for the exploration of these issues. Located a great distance from Bangkok and inhabited by large populations of Malay Muslims and ethnic Chinese, the region occupies a position of ambiguity in the national Thai imaginary. The thesis considers the production of the South itself as a region within the Thai nation-state and the complex manner in which it is figured as being both 'Thai' and 'un-Thai' in everyday constructions. -- As a mechanism to explore the central themes, the thesis focuses on a semimythological monk known as Luang Phò Thuat. Said to have wandered the landscape along the Malay Peninsula during the seventeenth century, he has become the centre of a thriving cult of images and is now one of the most popular Buddhist figures in the South. I argue that this popularity is bound to a certain vision of a unified South and that the narratives of his journeys performatively seek to 'suture' zones belonging historically to Buddhist and Muslim zones of influence. However, rather than assuming that Luang Phò Thuat is solely a figure of colonisation, I argue that, as a 'dhamma ambassador', he also has provides the promise of crossing boundaries as much as maintaining them. -- Continuing the theme of boundary crossing, the thesis also deals with transnational religious flows of pilgrimage and tourism, especially by ethnic Chinese Malaysians and Singaporeans. I argue that the sacred geography produced through figures such as Luang Phò Thuat is utilised by local brokers of religious sanctity to generate and direct tourist flows. In the process, novel religious formations and innovations take place as local and transnational actors negotiate relationships of patronage. I consider the impact these flows have on local religious forms and focus in particular on constructions of 'Chineseness' and 'Thainess' and the roles that they play in mediating cross-border interactions. As I demonstrate, far from undermining the dominant symbols of the Thai state, many aspects of transnational religion contribute to the vision of southern Thailand as a Buddhist zone, and thereby support the process of state formation.Mode of access: World Wide Web.xxiv, 428 p. ill. (some col.), maps, ports 30 c
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Mary Douglas (1921–2007) war eine der bekanntesten britischen Ethnologinnen der Nachkriegsgenerat... more Mary Douglas (1921–2007) war eine der bekanntesten britischen Ethnologinnen der Nachkriegsgeneration, die sich besonders durch ihre Anwendung ethnologischer Konzepte auf westliche Gesellschaften auszeichnete. Als Tochter eines Beamten im britischen Kolonialburo in Burma, wurde Douglas von ihrer Grosmutter in England aufgezogen, wo sie den Sacred Heart Convent in London besuchte. Diese strukturierte katholische Erziehung spielte eine pragende Rolle fur ihre Theorien, die sie wahrend ihrer Karriere entwickelte.
Monks and Magic, first published in 1975 and now released in its fourth revised edition, has just... more Monks and Magic, first published in 1975 and now released in its fourth revised edition, has justifiably proved to be a book of enduring interest for the study of religion in Thailand. Although primarily based on research conducted nearly a half century ago, Terwiel’s ethnographic study of religious ceremonies in the central Thai village of Wat Sanchao retains much of relevance for understanding contemporary religious practices. Perhaps the main reason for this is that the central question the book addresses – the nature of the relationship between Buddhism and magic – is as pertinent today as it was when Monks and Magic was first published. As numerous scholars have noted in recent years, far from fading away under the forces of modernity as most twentieth century theories of religion predicted, magical practices (leaving aside difficulties in defining precisely what this means) are thriving in contemporary Thailand. Moreover, not only has interest in spirit mediumship, horoscopes,...
Religion, Place and Modernity
Faith in the Future, 2012
This thesis is a study of religious charisma, the state, place-making and cultural flows in the s... more This thesis is a study of religious charisma, the state, place-making and cultural flows in the southern Thai borderland. Based on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork in Songkhla and Pattani provinces, the thesis provides a historically-grounded account of popular Buddhism and other, particularly Chinese, religious forms and their relationship to state formation and transnational flow. <br><br>Southern Thailand provides a provocative site for the exploration of these issues. Located a great distance from Bangkok and inhabited by large populations of Malay Muslims and ethnic Chinese, the region occupies a position of ambiguity in the national Thai imaginary. The thesis considers the production of the South itself as a region within the Thai nation-state and the complex manner in which it is constructed as being both 'Thai' and 'un-Thai' in everyday constructions. <br> <br>As a mechanism to explore the central themes, the thesis focuses on a semi...
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