
Charming Cadavers: Horrific Figurations of the Feminine in Indian Buddhist Hagiographic Literature - Paperback
by Liz Wilson
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Availability:In StockContributor:Liz WilsonSeries:Women in Culture and SocietyPublish date:12/1/1996Pages:276
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226900544ISBN-10:226900541UPC:9780226900544Book Category:Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Buddhism, Women's StudiesSize:9.03 x 6.09 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SCA6EPJ73J
In this highly original study of sexuality, desire, the body, and women,
Liz Wilson investigates first-millennium Buddhist notions of
spirituality. She argues that despite the marginal role women played in
monastic life, they occupied a very conspicuous place in Buddhist
hagiographic literature. In narratives used for the edification of
Buddhist monks, women's bodies in decay (diseased, dying, and after
death) served as a central object for meditation, inspiring spiritual
growth through sexual abstention and repulsion in the immediate world. Taking up a set of universal concerns connected with the representation
of women, Wilson displays the pervasiveness of androcentrism in Buddhist
literature and practice. She also makes persuasive use of recent
historical work on the religious lives of women in medieval
Christianity, finding common ground in the role of miraculous
afflictions. This lively and readable study brings provocative new tools and insights
to the study of women in religious life.
Liz Wilson investigates first-millennium Buddhist notions of
spirituality. She argues that despite the marginal role women played in
monastic life, they occupied a very conspicuous place in Buddhist
hagiographic literature. In narratives used for the edification of
Buddhist monks, women's bodies in decay (diseased, dying, and after
death) served as a central object for meditation, inspiring spiritual
growth through sexual abstention and repulsion in the immediate world. Taking up a set of universal concerns connected with the representation
of women, Wilson displays the pervasiveness of androcentrism in Buddhist
literature and practice. She also makes persuasive use of recent
historical work on the religious lives of women in medieval
Christianity, finding common ground in the role of miraculous
afflictions. This lively and readable study brings provocative new tools and insights
to the study of women in religious life.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226900544ISBN-10:226900541UPC:9780226900544Book Category:Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Buddhism, Women's StudiesSize:9.03 x 6.09 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SCA6EPJ73J
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