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Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781350163164ISBN-10:1350163163UPC:9781350163164Book Category:Religion, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Buddhism, Sexuality & Gender Studies, FeministSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.9304Product ID:SCD2WF0S7W
Yasodhara and the Buddha
By combining the spirit of fiction with the fabulism of Indian mythology and in-depth academic research, Vanessa R. Sasson shares the evocative story of the Buddha from the perspective of a forgotten woman: Yasodhara, the Buddha's wife.
Although often marginalized, Yasodhara's narrative here comes to life. Written with a strong feminist voice, we encounter Yasodhara as a fiercely independent,...Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781350163164ISBN-10:1350163163UPC:9781350163164Book Category:Religion, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Buddhism, Sexuality & Gender Studies, FeministSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.9304Product ID:SCD2WF0S7W
Vanessa R. Sasson is Professor of Religious Studies in the Liberal and Creative Arts Department of Marianopolis College, Canada. She is the author of The Birth of Moses and the Buddha: A Paradigm for the Comparative Study of Religions (2007), co-editor of Imagining the Fetus: The Unborn in Myth, Religion, and Culture (2009), and editor of Little Buddhas: Children and Childhoods in Buddhist Texts...
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