{"product_id":"politics-of-tranquility-the-material-and-mundane-lives-of-buddhist-nuns-in-post-mao-tibet-paperback-1","title":"Politics of Tranquility: The Material and Mundane Lives of Buddhist Nuns in Post-Mao Tibet - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYasmin Cho\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolitics of Tranquility\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e concerns the Tibetan Buddhist revival in China, illustrating the lives of Tibetan Buddhist nuns and exploring the political effects that arise from their nonpolitical daily engagements in the remote, mega-sized Tibetan Buddhist encampment of Yachen Gar. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYasmin Cho's book challenges two assumptions about Tibetan Buddhist communities in China. First, against the assumption that a Buddhist monastic community is best understood in terms of its esoteric qualities, Cho focuses on the material and mundane daily practices that are indispensable to the existence and persistence of such a community and shows how deeply gendered these practices are. Second, against the assumption that Tibetan politics toward the Chinese state is best understood as rebellious, incendiary, and centered upon Tibetan victimhood, the nuns demonstrate how it can be otherwise. Tibetan politics can be unassuming, calm, and self-contained and yet still have substantial political effects. As\u003ci\u003e Politics of Tranquility\u003c\/i\u003e shows, the nuns in Yachen Gar have called forth an alternative way of living and expressing themselves as Tibetans and as female monastics despite a repressive context.\u003c\/p\u003e-- \".about.com\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYasmin Cho is an Earl S. Johnson Instructor in the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago and an affiliated scholar in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42711485251680,"sku":"9781501778810","price":69.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/Km4XRtLiXd9781501778810.webp?v=1776171060","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/politics-of-tranquility-the-material-and-mundane-lives-of-buddhist-nuns-in-post-mao-tibet-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}