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Beschreibung
Nirmala S. Salgado offers a groundbreaking study of the politics of representation of Buddhist nuns. Challenging assumptions about writing on gender and Buddhism, Salgado raises important theoretical questions about the applicability of liberal feminist concepts and language to the practices of Buddhist nuns.
Nirmala S. Salgado offers a groundbreaking study of the politics of representation of Buddhist nuns. Challenging assumptions about writing on gender and Buddhism, Salgado raises important theoretical questions about the applicability of liberal feminist concepts and language to the practices of Buddhist nuns.
Über den Autor
Professor of Religion, Augustana College
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Acknowledgements

  • Introduction

  • Part I Narration

  • 1 Decolonizing Female Renunciation

  • 2 Institutional Discourse and Everyday Practice

  • 3 Buddhism, Power, and Practice

  • Part II Identity

  • 4 Invisible Nuns

  • 5 Subjects of Renunciation

  • 6 Becoming Bhikkhunis, Becoming Theravada

  • Part III Empowerment

  • 7 Renunciation and ''Empowerment''

  • 8 Global Empowerment and the Renunciant Everyday

  • Notes

  • Works Cited

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Religion: Nichtchristliche Religionen
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199760015
ISBN-10: 0199760012
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Salgado, Nirmala S.
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Nirmala S. Salgado
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2013
Gewicht: 0,573 kg
Artikel-ID: 120666719

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