Women and monastic Buddhism in early South Asia: rediscovering the invisible believers
This book uses gender as a framework to offer unique insights into the socio-cultural foundations of Buddhism. Moving away from dominant discourses that discuss women as a single monolithic, homogenous category-thus rendering them invisible within the broader religious discourse-this monograph exami...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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London New York
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Edition: | First South Asia edition |
| Series/Journal: | Archaeology and religion in South Asia
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
India
/ Bhikkuni
/ Monastery
/ Order
B India / Theravada / Woman / Buddhist woman |