| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 256 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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, stories. In Courtesans and Tantric Consorts, Serinity Young takes the reader on a journey through more than 2000 years of biographical writings, iconographic depictions, and ritual practices revealing Buddhism's deep struggles with gender. Juxtaposing empowering images of women with thei |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Gautama Buddha.
|
|
Gautama Buddha -- Relations with women
|
| SUBJECT |
Gautama Buddha fast |
| Subject |
Women in the Tripiṭaka.
|
|
Women in Buddhism -- India
|
|
Buddhist art and symbolism.
|
|
RELIGION -- Buddhism -- General.
|
|
Buddhist art and symbolism
|
|
Relations with women
|
|
Women in Buddhism
|
|
Women in the Tripiṭaka
|
|
India
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
0203494121 |
|
9780203494127 |
|
9780415914826 |
|
0415914825 |
|
9780415914833 |
|
0415914833 |
|
1280077301 |
|
9781280077302 |
|
1135964262 |
|
9781135964269 |
|
0203602781 |
|
9780203602782 |
|
1135964270 |
|
9781135964276 |
|
