The Power of Denial : : Buddhism, Purity, and Gender /

The Power of Denial : : Buddhism, Purity, and Gender / / Bernard Faure.

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Innumerable studies have appeared in recent decades about practically every aspect of women's lives in Western societies. The few such works on Buddhism have been quite limited in scope. In The Power of Denial, Bernard Faure takes an important step toward redressing this situation by boldly ask...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Faure, Bernard,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
©2003
Year of Publication:2009
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series ; 9
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE: BUDDHISM AND WOMEN
  • Chapter One. The Second Order
  • Chapter Two. The Rhetoric of Subordination
  • Chapter Three. The Rhetoric of Salvation
  • Chapter Four. The Rhetoric of Equality
  • PART TWO: IMAGINING BUDDHIST WOMEN
  • Chapter Five. Monks, Mothers, and Motherhood
  • Chapter Six. Conflicting Images
  • PART THREE: WOMEN AGAINST BUDDHISM
  • Chapter Seven. Crossing the Line
  • Chapter Eight. Women on the Move
  • Chapter Nine. The Power of Women
  • AFTERTHOUGHTS
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • Backmatter

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