Gendering Buddhism: The Miaoshan Legend Reconsidered

Buddhist studies has traditionally utilized androcentric and Eurocentric approaches to its analysis of Buddhism. As a result, normative Buddhism has been configured as primarily monastic and male and focused on canonical texts, while women's Buddhism is relegated to special studies. In the foll...

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Main Author: Wing, Sherin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Indiana University Press 2011
In: Journal of feminist studies in religion
Year: 2011, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-31
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