Buddhism, Sexuality, and Gender

Häftad, Engelska, 1991

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Beskrivning

This book explores historical, textual, and social questions relating to the position and experience of women and gay people in the Buddhist world from India and Tibet to Sri Lanka, China, and Japan. It focuses on four key areas: Buddhist history, contemporary culture, Buddhist symbols, and homosexuality, and it covers Buddhism's entire history, from its origins to the present day. The result of original and innovative research, the author offers new perspectives on the history of the attitudes toward, and of the self-perception of, women in both ancient and modern Buddhist societies. He explores key social issues such as abortion, he examines the use of rhetoric and symbols in Buddhist texts and cultures, and he discusses the neglected subject of Buddhism and homosexuality.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1991-12-13
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:363 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:262
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791407585

Utforska kategorier

Buddhism inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

José Ignacio Cabezón is Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Iliff School of Theology in Denver. He is the author of A Dose of Emptiness: An Annotated Translation of the sTong thun chen mo of mKhas grub dGe legs dpal bzang, also published by SUNY Press.

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"It fills an important gap in the field—a serious, textually close reading of gender's influence on Buddhist thought and vice versa." — Anne Klein

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Jose Ignacio CabezonI. Gender and Buddhist History 1. Attitudes toward Women and the Feminine in Early BuddhismAlan Sponberg 2. The Female Mendicant in Buddhist Sri LankaTessa BartholomeuszII. Gender and Contemporary Buddhist Culture 3. Buddhism and Abortion in Contemporary Japan: Mizuko Kuyo and the Confrontation with DeathBardwell Smith 4. Buddhist Women of the Contemporary Maharashtrian Conversion MovementEleanor ZelliotIII. The Rhetoric of Gender in Buddhist Texts 5. Gender and Persuasion: The Portrayal of Beauty, Anguish, and Nurturance in an Account of a Tamil NunPaula Richman 6. Lin-chi (Rinzai) Ch'an and Gender: The Rhetoric of Equality and the Rhetoric of HeroismMiriam L. LeveringIV. Gender and Buddhist Symbols 7. The Gender Symbolism of Kuan-yin BodhisattvaBarbara E. Reed 8. Mother Wisdom, Father Love: Gender-Based Imagery in Mahayana Buddhist ThoughtJose Ignacio CabezonV. Buddhism and Homosexuality 9. Homosexuality as Seen in Indian Buddhist TextsLeonard Zwilling 10. Kukai and the Tradition of Male Love in Japanese BuddhismPaul Gordan Schalow Contributors Index