{"product_id":"creating-a-buddhist-community-a-thai-temple-in-silicon-valley-paperback-softback-9781439909553","title":"Creating a Buddhist Community; A Thai Temple in Silicon Valley (Paperback \/ softback) 9781439909553","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCreating a Buddhist Community\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Thai Temple in Silicon Valley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJiemin Bao (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439909553\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 April 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e204 pages\u003cbr\u003e21 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe Wat Thai Buddhist Temple in Silicon Valley was founded in 1983 by a group of predominantly middle-class men and women with different ethnic and racial identities. The temple, which functions as a religious, social, economic, educational, and cultural hub, has become a place for the community members to engage in spiritual and cultural practices.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eCreating a Buddhist Community, \u003c\/i\u003eJiemin Bao shows how the Wat Thai participants practice Buddhism and rework gender relationships in the course of organizing temple space, teaching meditation, schooling children in Thai language and culture, merit making, fundraising, and celebrating festivals.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Bao's detailed account of the process of creating an inclusive temple community with Thai immigrants as the majority helps to deconstruct the exoticized view of Buddhism in American culture. \u003ci\u003eCreating a Buddhist Community\u003c\/i\u003e also explores Wat Thai's identification with both the United States and Thailand and how this transnational perspective reimagines and reterritorializes what is called American Buddhism.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePreface\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1 Introduction: A Community in the Making \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2 Creating a Temple Community \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3 Erecting a Chapel: Carving Out Cultural Space \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4 Monks in the Making \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5 Merit Making: Transnational Circuits \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6 Shaping and Performing Thai American Identities\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7 Conclusion: Interaction, Interdependence, and Transformations \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNotes \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eGlossary\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eReferences \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIndex \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739522560280,"sku":"9781439909553","price":22.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/creating-a-buddhist-community-a-thai-temple-in-silicon-valley-paperback-softback-9781439909553","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}