Charming Cadavers - Horrific Figurations of the Feminine in Indian Buddhist Hagiographic Literature

Foreword Catharine R. Stimpson Preface Note on Terminology Introduction 1: Celibacy and the Social World 2: "Like a Boil with Nine Openings": Buddhist Constructions of the Body and Their South Asian Milieu 3: False Advertising Exposed: Horrific Figurations of the Feminine in Pali Hagiography 4: Lead Us Now into Temptation: Countering Samsaric Duplicity with Dharmic Deceptions 5: Seeing Through the Gendered "I": The Nun's Story Conclusion Appendix: The Post-Asokan Milieu Notes Selected Bibliography Index

Summary

In this study of sexuality, desire, the body and women, Liz Wilson investigates first-millennium Buddhist notions of spirituality. She argues that despite the marginal role women played in monastic life, they occupied a very conspicuous place in Buddhist hagiographic literature.

Product details

• Authors: Liz Wilson, Wilson Liz
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.1996
• EAN: 9780226900544
• ISBN: 978-0-226-90054-4
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 15 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Women in Culture & Society (Pa; Women in Culture and Society Series; Women in Culture and Society; Women in Culture & Society Series WCS (CHUP); Women in Culture & Society Series WCS
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Buddhism, Theology, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls