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    The act of living : street life, marginality, and development in urban Ethiopia (2019)
    Ithaca : Cornell University Press
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    ISBN: 9781501736261 , 1501736264 , 9781501735127 , 1501735128
    Language: English
    Pages: xiv, 245 Seiten , Illustrationen , 23 cm
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Di Nunzio, Marco, 1984- author Act of living
    RVK:
    LB 72541
    Keywords: Marginality, Social ; Street life ; Poor ; Informal sector (Economics) ; Ethnology ; Stadt ; Armut ; Soziale Situation ; Schattenwirtschaft ; Lebensbedingungen ; Beispiel ; Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Social conditions ; Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Economic conditions ; Äthiopien ; Afrika ; Äthiopien ; Addis Abeba ; Lebensbedingungen ; Geringfügige Beschäftigung ; Kulturanthropologie ; Armut ; Schattenwirtschaft ; Ethnologie ; Soziale Situation ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Randgruppe ; Di Nunzio, Marco 1984-
    Abstract: "Explores why economic growth does not result in empowerment in Ethiopia, and how marginality is narrated and experienced in a time of promise"--
    Description / Table of Contents: Migrants, gentlemen and thugs -- A thug's life -- Donkeys with ashes -- Do not cross the red line -- Keep on hustlin' -- Life is a paradise -- The time of the bumpkins -- Embracing uncertainty
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Inhaltsverzeichnis: Migrants, gentlemen and thugs - A thug's life - Donkeys with ashes - Do not cross the red line - Keep on hustlin' - Life is a paradise - The time of the bumpkins - Embracing uncertainty
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    Battling the Buddha of love : a cultural biography of the greatest statue never built (2018)
    Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press
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    ISBN: 9781501723469 , 9781501723483 , 1501723464 , 1501723480
    Language: English
    Pages: xviii, 303 Seiten , Illustrationen , 23 cm
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Falcone, Jessica Marie, 1976- author Battling the Buddha of love
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Falcone, Jessica Marie, 1976 - Battling the Buddha of love
    DDC: 294.3/437
    RVK:
    BE 8506
    RVK:
    BE 8599
    Keywords: Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition ; Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition ; Mahayana Buddhism Relations ; Buddhist converts ; Mahayana Buddhism ; Maitreya (Buddhist deity) Cult ; Ethnology ; Mahayana Buddhism Relations ; Buddhist converts ; Mahayana Buddhism India ; Kushinagar (District) ; Maitreya (Buddhist deity) Cult ; India ; Kushinagar (District) ; Ethnology India ; Kushinagar (District) ; Buddhist converts ; Ethnology ; Interfaith relations ; Mahayana Buddhism ; Maitreya (Buddhist deity) Cult ; Mahayana ; Gelugpa ; Erhaltung ; Kushinagar ; Maitreja ; Statue ; Mahayana ; Gelugpa ; Erhaltung ; Kushinagar ; Maitreja ; Statue ; Maitreya Project ; FPMT
    Abstract: Community/sangha : FPMT's transnational Buddhists -- Religious practice/dharma : global Buddhism, translation and heritage -- The statue/murti : planning a colossal Maitreya -- The relics/sarira : worship, transmission, and fundraising with the relic tour -- Aspiration/asha : hope, the future tense, and making (up) progress on the Maitreya project -- Holy place/tirtha : social life in the place of the Buddha's death -- Steadfastness/aditthana : Indian farmers resist the Buddha of love -- Loving-kindness/maitri : ethics, values and progress in the shadow of Maitreya -- Compassionate practice/karuna : advocacy anthropology and engagement -- Conclusion : faith/shraddha : guru devotion, agency and belief -- Epilogue : rebirth/samsara : the future of the Maitreya project
    Abstract: "This ethnography explores the controversial plans and practices of the Maitreya Project, a transnational Buddhist organization, as they worked to build the world's tallest statue as a multi-million dollar gift to India"--
    Note: Bibliographie: Seiten 279-295 und Index: Seiten 297-303
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