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035 _a(DE-B1597)9780674038080
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035 _a(OCoLC)1294425398
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082 0 4 _a294.3/657/08209546
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aGutschow, Kim
_eautore
245 1 0 _aBeing a Buddhist Nun :
_bThe Struggle for Enlightenment in the Himalayas /
_cKim Gutschow.
264 1 _aCambridge, MA :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c[2009]
264 4 _c2004
300 _a1 online resource (355 p.)
336 _atext
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tIllustrations and Maps --
_tPreface --
_t1 Gendering Monasticism --
_t2 Locating Buddhism in Zangskar --
_t3 The Buddhist Economy of Merit --
_t4 The Buddhist Traffic in Women --
_t5 Becoming a Nun --
_t6 Why Nuns Cannot Be Monks --
_t7 Can Nuns Gain Enlightenment --
_t8 Monasticism and Modernity --
_tNotes --
_tReferences --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aThey may shave their heads, don simple robes, and renounce materialism and worldly desires. But the women seeking enlightenment in a Buddhist nunnery high in the folds of Himalayan Kashmir invariably find themselves subject to the tyrannies of subsistence, subordination, and sexuality. Ultimately, Buddhist monasticism reflects the very world it is supposed to renounce. Butter and barley prove to be as critical to monastic life as merit and meditation. Kim Gutschow lived for more than three years among these women, collecting their stories, observing their ways, studying their lives. Her book offers the first ethnography of Tibetan Buddhist society from the perspective of its nuns.Gutschow depicts a gender hierarchy where nuns serve and monks direct, where monks bless the fields and kitchens while nuns toil in them. Monasteries may retain historical endowments and significant political and social power, yet global flows of capitalism, tourism, and feminism have begun to erode the balance of power between monks and nuns. Despite the obstacles of being considered impure and inferior, nuns engage in everyday forms of resistance to pursue their ascetic and personal goals.A richly textured picture of the little known culture of a Buddhist nunnery, the book offers moving narratives of nuns struggling with the Buddhist discipline of detachment. Its analysis of the way in which gender and sexuality construct ritual and social power provides valuable insight into the relationship between women and religion in South Asia today.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2024)
650 7 _aRELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist).
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