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Courtesans and Tantric Consorts
Sexualities in Buddhist Narrative, Iconography and Ritual
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| Author(s) : Young, Serinity |
| Publishers Price : £20.99 |
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| ISBN : 0415914833 | | EAN : 9780415914833 | | Cover : Paperback | | Pages : 256 | | Size : 228 x 152mm | | Published : 2004 |
Category : Western Study of Buddhism
Category 2 : Tantra: Vajrayana Buddhist
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Synopsis:
Buddhist teachings emphasize going beyond questions of gender, but in this study Young shows the often different, contradictory stories which arise on this subject in Buddhist texts, art and rituals. She draws on a vast range of sources to reveal the diverse mosaic of beliefs that inform Buddhist views about gender and sexuality.
"This is a groundbreaking investigation into several aspects of gender in Buddhism that have not been sufficiently taken into consideration before." Dr.Adelheid Hermann-Pfandt.
"This book is a tour de force, marshalling a broad range of meterials - textual, ritual, and iconographical - to tackle a complex issue. Drawing on sources primarily in the Indian Mahayana and Tibetan traditions, Young deftly connects the tantric consort cycle to that of the more ancient Buddhist courtesan convert." Ellison Findly.
"Young's book examines the place of women in Indian and Tibetan traditions through the lens of two important classes of women: consorts and coutesans. By considering both the textual and historical data, this interdisciplinary study offers us many new insights...an erudite book...a major contibution to the literature on women in Buddhism." Jose Ignacio Cabezon. |
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