Spirited Women - Gender, Religion, and Cultural Identity in the Nepal Himalaya

Summary

This is the study of a small group of Tibetan Buddhists called the Nyishangba who have maintained an egalitarian culture, where women own land and have equal rights, including in social and religious institutions, and where the usual subordination of women does not appear to occur.

Product details

• Authors: Joanne Watkins, Joanne C. Watkins
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.05.1996
• EAN: 9780231102155
• ISBN: 978-0-231-10215-5
• No. of pages: 364
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Tibet, Nepal, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Buddhism, the Himalayas, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Human rights, civil rights, Himalayas