Buddhist nuns and gendered practice : in search of the female renunciant /

Nirmala S. Salgado offers a 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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Salgado, Nirmala S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Buddhist nuns.
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women.
Women in Buddhism.
Nonnes bouddhistes.
Monachisme et ordres religieux féminins bouddhiques.
Femmes dans le bouddhisme.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women
Buddhist nuns
Women in Buddhism
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Buddhist nuns and gendered practice
  • Part I: Narration. Decolonizing female renunciation ; Institutional discourse and everyday practice ; Buddhism, power, and practice
  • Part II: Identity. Invisible nuns ; Subjects of renunciation ; Becoming Bhikkhunis, becoming Theravada
  • Part III: Empowerment. Renunciation and "empowerment" ; Global empowerment and the renunciant everyday.

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