Tsomo Buddhist Feminisms and Femininities

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4384-7257-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 354 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Adds new voices to the feminist conversation and brings a rich variety of diverse approaches to Buddhist women’s identities, “the feminine,” and Buddhist feminism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tsomo, Karma Lekshe

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Introduction: Conceptualizing Buddhist Feminisms and Images of the Feminine
Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Part I: Buddhist Feminisms: Texts and Communities

1. Reimagining Buddhist Women in India
Karen Lang

2. The Religious Life of Buddhist Women in Choson Korea
Eun-su Cho

3. Raicho Hiratsuka and Socially Engaged Buddhism
Christine A. James

4. A “Great Man” is No Longer Gendered: The Gender Identity and Practice of Chan Nuns in Contemporary Taiwan
Ching-ning Wang (Chang-shen Shih)

5. Sikkhamats: The Aesthetics of Asoke Ascetics
Robekkah L. Ritchie

6. New Buddhist Women Across Borders: Buddhist Influences and Interactions in Alternative Histories of Global Feminisms
Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa

Part II: Buddhist Femininities: Demystifying the Essential Feminine

7. Only Skin Deep? Female Embodiment and the Paradox of Beauty in Indian Buddhism
Lisa J. Battaglia

8. Conflicts and Compromises: The Relationship between the Nuns of Daihongan and the Monks of Daikanjin within the Zenkoji Temple Complex
Matthew Mitchell

9. Gendered Hagiography in Tibet: Comparing Clerical Representations of the Female Visionary, Khandro Tare Lhamo
Holly Gayley

10. Feminine Identities in Buddhist Chöd
Michelle J. Sorensen

11. Mindfully Feminine? The Role of Meditation in the Production and the Marketing of Gendered Lifestyles
Jeff Wilson

Insights and Imaginations: An Epilogue
Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Bibliography
Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Karma Lekshe Tsomo is Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of San Diego. Her many books include Eminent Buddhist Women and Buddhist Women Across Cultures: Realizations, each published by SUNY Press.