Buddhist Nuns and Gendered Practice - In Search of the Female Renunciant

Zusatztext Salgado's book is a good corrective to much scholarship on the practices and lives of Buddhist nuns, particularly in Sri Lanka, and therefore deserves serious attention by all scholars of Buddhism. Informationen zum Autor Professor of Religion, Augustana College Klappentext Nirmala S. Salgado offers a groundbreaking study of the politics of representation of Buddhist nuns. Challenging assumptions about writing on gender and Buddhism, Salgado raises important theoretical questions about the applicability of liberal feminist concepts and language to the practices of Buddhist nuns. Zusammenfassung Nirmala S. Salgado offers a groundbreaking study of the politics of representation of Buddhist nuns. Challenging assumptions about writing on gender and Buddhism, Salgado raises important theoretical questions about the applicability of liberal feminist concepts and language to the practices of Buddhist nuns.

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• Authors: Nirmala S. Salgado, Nirmala S. (Professor of Religion Salgado, Salgado Nirmala S.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.11.2013
• EAN: 9780199760022
• ISBN: 978-0-19-976002-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, RELIGION / Buddhism / Rituals & Practice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Feminism & feminist theory, Buddhist life & practice, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Buddhist life and practice