Women and Monastic Buddhism in Early South Asia [electronic resource] : Rediscovering the invisible believers.
This book uses gender as a framework to offer unique insights into the socio-cultural foundations of Buddhism. Moving away from dominant discourses that discuss women as a single monolithic, homogenous category-thus rendering them invisible within the broader religious discourse-this monograph exami...
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| Language: | English |
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Routledge India,
2016.
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| Series: | Archaeology and religion in South Asia.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Sacred spaces and the feminine in Buddhism
- 2. Locating the bhikun : identifying nunneries
- 3. Exploring women's space : conflict between the social and the asocial worlds
- 4. Women as patrons.