Courtesans and tantric consorts : sexualities in Buddhist narrative, iconography and ritual /

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The wisest teachings of Buddhism say that, like all oppositions, one must move beyond gender. But as Serinity Young shows in this enlightening work, the rhetoric of Buddhist texts, the symbolism of its iconography, and the performative import of its rituals, tell different, and often contradictory,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Young, Serinity (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2004.
Temas:
Gautama Buddha.
Gautama Buddha > Relations with women.
Women in the Tripiṭaka.
Women in Buddhism > India.
Buddhist art and symbolism.
Femmes dans le Tripiṭaka.
Femmes dans le bouddhisme > Inde.
RELIGION > Buddhism > General.
Relations with women.
Women in Buddhism.
India.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Life of the Buddha
  • pt. 2. Parents and procreation
  • pt. 3. Sexualities.
  • pt. I. Life of the Buddha
  • Ch. 1. Rejection and Reconciliation
  • pt. II. Parents and Procreation
  • Ch. 2. Mothers and Sons
  • Ch. 3. Medical Excursus
  • Ch. 4. Fathers and Heirs
  • pt. III. Sexualities
  • Ch. 5. Wives and Husbands
  • Ch. 6. South Asian Courtesans
  • Ch. 7. Courtesans in Buddhist Literature
  • Ch. 8. Tantric Consorts: Introduction
  • Ch. 9. Tantric Consorts: Tibet
  • Ch. 10. Traffic in Women
  • Ch. 11. Women, Men, and Impurity
  • Ch. 12. Sex Change
  • Ch. 13. Other Lands/Other Realities.

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