Nirmala S. Salgado offers a groundbreaking study of the politics of representation of Buddhist nuns. Challenging assumptions about writing on gender and Buddhism, Salgado raises important theoretical questions about the applicability of liberal feminist concepts and language to the practices of Buddhist nuns.
Nirmala S. Salgado offers a groundbreaking study of the politics of representation of Buddhist nuns. Challenging assumptions about writing on gender and Buddhism, Salgado raises important theoretical questions about the applicability of liberal feminist concepts and language to the practices of Buddhist nuns.
Acknowledgements Introduction Part I Narration 1 Decolonizing Female Renunciation 2 Institutional Discourse and Everyday Practice 3 Buddhism, Power, and Practice Part II Identity 4 Invisible Nuns 5 Subjects of Renunciation 6 Becoming Bhikkhunis, Becoming Theravada Part III Empowerment 7 Renunciation and ''Empowerment'' 8 Global Empowerment and the Renunciant Everyday Notes Works Cited Index
Acknowledgements Introduction Part I Narration 1 Decolonizing Female Renunciation 2 Institutional Discourse and Everyday Practice 3 Buddhism, Power, and Practice Part II Identity 4 Invisible Nuns 5 Subjects of Renunciation 6 Becoming Bhikkhunis, Becoming Theravada Part III Empowerment 7 Renunciation and ''Empowerment'' 8 Global Empowerment and the Renunciant Everyday Notes Works Cited Index
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