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Korean Buddhist nuns and laywomen : hidden histories, enduring vitality / edited by Eun-su Cho.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781441688842
  • 1441688846
  • 1438435126
  • 9781438435121
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Korean Buddhist nuns and laywomen.DDC classification:
  • 294.3/65708209519 22
LOC classification:
  • BQ6160.K6 K67 2011eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources:
Contents:
Female Buddhist practice in Korea -- a historical account / Eun-su Cho -- Male sŏn masters' views on female disciples in later Koryŏ / Young Mi Kim -- Koryŏ ladies and the encouragement of Buddhism in Yuan China / Tonino Puggioni -- Two female masters of two eras: differences and commonalities in roles / Heung-sik Heo (translated by John Jorgensen) -- Marginalized and silenced: Buddhist nuns of the Chosŏn period / John Jorgensen -- Buddhist nuns and alternate space in Confucian Chosŏn society / Ji-Young Jung -- The establishment of Buddhist nunneries in contemporary Korea / Pori Park.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Female Buddhist practice in Korea -- a historical account / Eun-su Cho -- Male sŏn masters' views on female disciples in later Koryŏ / Young Mi Kim -- Koryŏ ladies and the encouragement of Buddhism in Yuan China / Tonino Puggioni -- Two female masters of two eras: differences and commonalities in roles / Heung-sik Heo (translated by John Jorgensen) -- Marginalized and silenced: Buddhist nuns of the Chosŏn period / John Jorgensen -- Buddhist nuns and alternate space in Confucian Chosŏn society / Ji-Young Jung -- The establishment of Buddhist nunneries in contemporary Korea / Pori Park.

Print version record.