Laughter, Creativity, and Perseverance

Female Agency in Buddhism and Hinduism

AvUte Hüsken,Ute Hüsken

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

In most mainstream traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism, women have for centuries largely been excluded from positions of religious and ritual leadership. However, as this volume shows, in an increasing number of late-20th-century and early-21st-century contexts, women can and do undergo monastic and priestly education; they can receive ordination/initiation as Buddhist nuns or Hindu priestesses; and they are accepted as religious and political leaders. Even though these processes still take place largely outside or at the margins of traditional religious institutions, it is clear that women are actually establishing new religious trends and currents. They are attracting followers, and they are occupying religious positions on par with men. At times women are filling a void left behind by male religious specialists who left the profession, and at times they are perceived as their rivals. In some cases, this process takes place in collaboration with male religious specialists, in others against the will of the women's male counterparts. However, in most cases we see both acceptance and resistance. Whether silently or with great fanfare, women are grasping new opportunities to occupy positions of leadership. This book offers ten in-depth case studies analysing culturally, historically, and geographically unique situations in order to explore the historical background, contemporary trajectories, and impact of the emergence of new and powerful forms of female agency in mostly conservative Hindu and Buddhist religious traditions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-12-21
Mått:237 x 163 x 24 mm
Vikt:585 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:AAR RELIGION CULTURE AND HISTORY SERIES
Antal sidor:294
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780197603727

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Hinduism inom Filosofi och religion
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Ute Hüsken is Professor and Head of the Department of Cultural and Religious History of South Asia (Classical Indology, South Asia Institute) at Heidelberg University. Hüsken's main research fields are Buddhist studies, the study of Hinduism, Ritual and Festival studies, and Gender studies. Together with Ronald Grimes and Sarah Pike, she edits The Oxford Ritual Studies Series.

Recensioner i media

Laughter, Creativity, and Perseverance invites scholars to articulate how the technologies of exerting female agency have continued, adapted, and changed through the timeline of these traditions.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Female Agency in Buddhist and Hindu Contexts Ute Hüsken Section 1: Renewing Religion in Female Spaces 1.1 Exclusion, Secrecy and the (Under)ground: Dynamics of Female Religious and Ritual Agency in Kalmykia Valeriya Gazizova 1.2 "This is not a Home, it is a Temple": Creative Agency in Navarattitri Kolu Ina Marie Lunde Ilkama Section 2: Appropriation of Male Spaces 2.1 Body-Politics and the Gendered Politics of Hindu Militancy: Shiv Sena Women and Political Agency in Western IndiaTarini Bedi 2.2 Buddhist 'Radicalism' - A Vehicle for Female Empowerment?Melyn McKay & Iselin Frydenlund 2.3 Laughing on a Rooftop: Female Buddhist Agency as Local in Lumbini, NepalAmy Paris Langenberg 2.4 Right to Pray: A Comparative Analysis of Sabarimala and Sani Shefali More Section 3: Performing Religion Publicly 3.1 Hindu Women and the Gendering of Religious and Ritual Authority in TrinidadPriyanka Ramlakhan 3.2 Tradition, Innovation, and Resistance? Training Girls in Sanskrit and Vedic RitualsUte Hüsken 3.3 "I Will be the Sankaracarya for Women!": Gender, Agency, and a Guru's Quest for Equality in HinduismAntoinette Elizabeth DeNapoli Section 4: Research Strategies 4 Female Agency in Buddhism and Hinduism: Methodological Reflections and Collective CommitmentsCaroline Starkey