Yasodhara and the Buddha

A unique and feminist view of the Buddha's life, as told by his wife,Serves as an engaging introduction to the Buddhist tradition by using the accessible form of fiction,Includes an extensive introduction and critical notes, as well as study questions,Foreword provided by renowned scholar Wendy Doniger

Info autore

Vanessa R. Sasson is Professor of Religious Studies in the Liberal and Creative Arts Department of Marianopolis College, Canada. She is the author of The Birth of Moses and the Buddha: A Paradigm for the Comparative Study of Religions (2007), co-editor of Imagining the Fetus: The Unborn in Myth, Religion, and Culture (2009), and editor of Little Buddhas: Children and Childhoods in Buddhist Texts and Traditions (2013).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Vanessa R. Sasson, Vanessa R Sasson, Vanessa R. (Marianopolis College Sasson
• Con la collaborazione di: Vanessa R Sasson (Editore)
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 11.02.2021
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni; Narrativa > Romanzi > Fiabe, saghe, leggende
• EAN: 9781350163164
• ISBN: 978-1-350-16316-4
• Numero di pagine: 304
• Categorie: FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, Buddhism, Feminism & feminist theory, Myth & legend told as fiction, Feminism and feminist theory, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Buddha's Wife; Buddhism