Cult, Culture, and Authority : : Princess Lieu Hanh in Vietnamese History / / Olga Dror.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Dror, Olga,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory ; 48
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; Introduction --; Chapter 1: Writing Hagiographies, Creating History --; Chapter 2: The Appearance of Lie±u Hanh's Cult --; Chapter 3: Contending Narratives in Classical Voices --; Chapter 4: Vernacularization of the Sublime --; Chapter 5: From Superstition to Cultural Tradition --; NOTES --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780824862077; 9783110649772; 9783110564143; 9783110663259
• DOI: 10.1515/9780824862077
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Olga Dror.

Princess Liễu Hạnh, often called the Mother of the Vietnamese people by her followers, is one of the most prominent goddesses in Vietnamese popular religion. First emerging some four centuries ago as a local sect appealing to women, the princess' cult has since transcended its geographical and gender boundaries and remains vibrant today. Who was this revered deity? Was she a virtuous woman or a prostitute? Why did people begin worshiping her and why have they continued? Cult, Culture, and Authority traces Liễu Hạnh's cult from its ostensible appearance in the sixteenth century to its present-day prominence in North Vietnam and considers it from a broad range of perspectives, as religion and literature and in the context of politics and society.Over time, Liễu Hạnh's personality and cult became the subject of numerous literary accounts, and these historical texts are a major source for this book. Author Olga Dror explores the authorship and historical context of each text considered, treating her subject in an interdisciplinary way. Her interest lies in how these accounts reflect the various political agendas of successive generations of intellectuals and officials. The same cult was called into service for a variety of ideological ends: feminism, nationalism, Buddhism, or Daoism.