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050 4 _aBQ6150 -- .S25 2013eb
082 0 _a294.3657082
100 1 _aSalgado, Nirmala S.
245 1 0 _aBuddhist Nuns and Gendered Practice :
_bIn Search of the Female Renunciant.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press, Incorporated,
_c2013.
264 4 _c©2013.
300 _a1 online resource (334 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aCover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Buddhist Nuns and Gendered Practice -- PART I: Narration -- 1. Decolonizing Female Renunciation -- 2. Institutional Discourse and Everyday Practice -- 3. Buddhism, Power, and Practice -- PART II: Identity -- 4. Invisible Nuns -- 5. Subjects of Renunciation -- 6. Becoming Bhikkhunis, Becoming Theravada -- PART III: Empowerment -- 7. Renunciation and "Empowerment" -- 8. Global Empowerment and the Renunciant Everyday -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
520 _aNirmala S. Salgado offers a groundbreaking 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.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aBuddhist nuns.
650 0 _aBuddhist monasticism and religious orders for women.
650 0 _aWomen in Buddhism.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aSalgado, Nirmala S.
_tBuddhist Nuns and Gendered Practice
_dOxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c2013
_z9780199760015
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3055545
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