Feeding the dead: ghosts, materiality and merit in a Lao Buddhist festival for the deceased

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China
Editors	Paul WIlliams, Patrice Ladwig
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	119-141
ISBN (Print)	9781107003880
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Research output

Research output per year 2012 2012 2012

• 13 Citations
• 2 Chapter in a book

Research output per year

Research output per year

• Chanting as 'bricolage technique': a comparison of South and Southeast Asian funeral recitation

  Langer, R., 2012, Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China. Williams, P. & Ladwig, P. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 21-58

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

• For Buddhas, families and ghosts: the transformation of the ghost festival into a dharma assembly in Southeast China

  Heise, I. F., 2012, Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China. Williams, P. & Ladwig, P. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 217-237

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

Projects

Projects per year 2007 2007 2010

• 1 Finished

Projects per year

• BUDDHIST DEATH RITUALS OF SOUTH EAST ASIA AND CHINA

  Williams, P. M. (Principal Investigator), Kieschnick, J. H. (Co-Principal Investigator), Ladwig, P. (Researcher), Langer, R. E. M. (Researcher) & Laxton, A. (Researcher)

  1/01/07 → 1/04/10

  Project: Research

  • Lao People's Democratic Republic 100%
  • Death ritual 59%
  • Chaplain 59%
  • Educators 59%
  • Online 59%

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Ladwig, P. (2012). Feeding the dead: ghosts, materiality and merit in a Lao Buddhist festival for the deceased. In P. WIlliams, & P. Ladwig (Eds.), Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China (pp. 119-141). Cambridge University Press.

Ladwig, Patrice. / Feeding the dead: ghosts, materiality and merit in a Lao Buddhist festival for the deceased. Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China. editor / Paul WIlliams ; Patrice Ladwig. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. pp. 119-141

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Ladwig, P 2012, Feeding the dead: ghosts, materiality and merit in a Lao Buddhist festival for the deceased. in P WIlliams & P Ladwig (eds), Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 119-141.

Feeding the dead: ghosts, materiality and merit in a Lao Buddhist festival for the deceased. / Ladwig, Patrice.
Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China. ed. / Paul WIlliams; Patrice Ladwig. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. p. 119-141.

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