Charming Cadavers - Horrific Figurations of the Feminine in Indian Buddhist Hagiographic Literature (Paperback, New edition)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Women in Culture & Society Series WCS
Release date:	December 1996
First published:	December 1996
Authors:	Liz Wilson
Dimensions:	155 x 229 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	276
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-90054-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General Promotions
LSN:	0-226-90054-1
Barcode:	9780226900544

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