Thai Buddhist Women, 'Bare Life' and Bravery
This paper addresses the ambiguous position of the largest group of Buddhist renunciant women in Thailand today, the mae chii. It provides a brief historical overview of the position of renunciant women in Buddhism more generally before taking up the case of the mae chii. While the mae chii are ofte...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2009
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Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2009, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 281-294 |
Further subjects: | B
Mae Chii
B Thai Buddhist Women B Agamben |
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