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020			_a9780691091716 _qprint
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024	7		_a10.1515/9781400825615 _2doi
035			_a(DE-B1597)9781400825615
035			_a(DE-B1597)446296
035			_a(OCoLC)979741609
040			_aDE-B1597 _beng _cDE-B1597 _erda
050		4	_aBQ4570.W6
072		7	_aREL007000 _2bisacsh
082	0	4	_a294.308 _a294.3082
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aFaure, Bernard _eautore
245	1	4	_aThe Power of Denial : _bBuddhism, Purity, and Gender / _cBernard Faure.
250			_aCourse Book
264		1	_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2009]
264		4	_c©2003
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	0		_aBuddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series ; _v9
505	0	0	_t Frontmatter -- _tCONTENTS -- _tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- _tIntroduction -- _tPART ONE: BUDDHISM AND WOMEN -- _tChapter One. The Second Order -- _tChapter Two. The Rhetoric of Subordination -- _tChapter Three. The Rhetoric of Salvation -- _tChapter Four. The Rhetoric of Equality -- _tPART TWO: IMAGINING BUDDHIST WOMEN -- _tChapter Five. Monks, Mothers, and Motherhood -- _tChapter Six. Conflicting Images -- _tPART THREE: WOMEN AGAINST BUDDHISM -- _tChapter Seven. Crossing the Line -- _tChapter Eight. Women on the Move -- _tChapter Nine. The Power of Women -- _tAFTERTHOUGHTS -- _tNOTES -- _tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- _tINDEX -- _t Backmatter
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aInnumerable studies have appeared in recent decades about practically every aspect of women's lives in Western societies. The few such works on Buddhism have been quite limited in scope. In The Power of Denial, Bernard Faure takes an important step toward redressing this situation by boldly asking: does Buddhism offer women liberation or limitation? Continuing the innovative exploration of sexuality in Buddhism he began in The Red Thread, here he moves from his earlier focus on male monastic sexuality to Buddhist conceptions of women and constructions of gender. Faure argues that Buddhism is neither as sexist nor as egalitarian as is usually thought. Above all, he asserts, the study of Buddhism through the gender lens leads us to question what we uncritically call Buddhism, in the singular. Faure challenges the conventional view that the history of women in Buddhism is a linear narrative of progress from oppression to liberation. Examining Buddhist discourse on gender in traditions such as that of Japan, he shows that patriarchy--indeed, misogyny--has long been central to Buddhism. But women were not always silent, passive victims. Faure points to the central role not only of nuns and mothers (and wives) of monks but of female mediums and courtesans, whose colorful relations with Buddhist monks he considers in particular. Ultimately, Faure concludes that while Buddhism is, in practice, relentlessly misogynist, as far as misogynist discourses go it is one of the most flexible and open to contradiction. And, he suggests, unyielding in-depth examination can help revitalize Buddhism's deeper, more ancient egalitarianism and thus subvert its existing gender hierarchy. This groundbreaking book offers a fresh, comprehensive understanding of what Buddhism has to say about gender, and of what this really says about Buddhism, singular or plural.
530			_aIssued also in print.
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 08. Jul 2019)
650		0	_aBuddhism _xDoctrines.
650		0	_aSex _xReligious aspects _xBuddhism.
650		0	_aWomen _xReligious aspects _xBuddhism.
650		7	_aRELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist). _2bisacsh
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781400825615
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