Ties That Bind - Maternal Imagery and Discourse in Indian Buddhism

Zusatztext this is a masterful work of synchronic interpretation. It stands as a great resource to scholars of Indian Buddhism and gender studies, as well as religious studies and Buddhist studies more broadly. Clear and insightful in its presentation, the work provides an excellent basis for conversation in both undergraduate and graduate classrooms. Informationen zum Autor Associate Professor of Religion, Dartmouth College Klappentext Reiko Ohnuma offers a wide-ranging exploration of maternal imagery and discourse in pre-modern South Asian Buddhism, drawing on textual sources preserved in Pali and Sanskrit. She demonstrates that Buddhism in India had a complex and ambivalent relationship with mothers and motherhood-symbolically, affectively, and institutionally. Zusammenfassung Reiko Ohnuma offers a wide-ranging exploration of maternal imagery and discourse in pre-modern South Asian Buddhism, drawing on textual sources preserved in Pali and Sanskrit. She demonstrates that Buddhism in India had a complex and ambivalent relationship with mothers and motherhood-symbolically, affectively, and institutionally.

Product details

• Authors: Reiko Ohnuma, Ohnuma Reiko
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2012
• EAN: 9780199915651
• ISBN: 978-0-19-991565-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, Religion - World Religions, RELIGION / Buddhism / History, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Buddhism, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls