When the Buddha Was a Woman: Reimagining Tradition in the Theravāda
Buddhist women are reclaiming Buddhist textual traditions as one strategy for improving status and opportunities in their communities. In this article, Derris examines one popular narrative from the Theravādin medieval world almost entirely forgotten in present-day conversations about the representa...
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Indiana University Press
2008
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Journal of feminist studies in religion
Year: 2008, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 29-44 |
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