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Horrific Figurations of the Feminine in Indian Buddhist Hagiographic Literature
Häftad, Engelska, 1996
469 kr
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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. In narratives used for the edification of Buddhist monks, women's bodies in decay (diseased, dying, and after death) served as a central object for meditation, inspiring spiritual growth through sexual abstention and repulsion in the immediate world. Taking up a set of universal concerns connected with the representation of women, Wilson displays the pervasiveness of an drocentrism in Buddhist literature and practice.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum1996-12-01
- Mått15 x 23 x 2 mm
- Vikt454 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieWomen in Culture and Society
- Antal sidor276
- FörlagThe University of Chicago Press
- ISBN9780226900544
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