Goddess on the Frontier
Dali is a small region on a high plateau in Southeast Asia. Its main deity, Baijie, has assumed several gendered forms throughout the area''s history: Buddhist goddess, the mother of Dali''s founder, a widowed martyr, and a village divinity. What accounts for so many different incarnations of a local deity?
Goddess on the Frontier argues that Dali''s encounters with forces beyond region and nation...
Dali is a small region on a high plateau in Southeast Asia. Its main deity, Baijie, has assumed several gendered forms throughout the area''s history: Buddhist goddess, the mother of Dali''s founder, a widowed martyr, and a village divinity. What accounts for so many different incarnations of a local deity?
Goddess on the Frontier argues that Dali''s encounters with forces beyond region and nation...
