Power of Denial - Buddhism, Purity, and Gender

Name: Power of Denial - Buddhism, Purity, and Gender
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ISBN: 9780691091716

ISBN-10: 0691091714

ISBN-13: 9780691091716

Edition: 2003

Authors: Bernard Faure

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Bernard Faure moves from his earlier focus on male monastic sexuality (in his book 'The Red Thread') to Buddhist conceptions of women. He argues that Buddhism is neither as sexist nor as egalitarian as usually thought.

Book details

List price: $52.50
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 3/2/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 488
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: "Soaring and Settling"-Too Soon?


The Cultural Approach


Gender Revisited


Gendering Buddhism



Buddhism And Women



The Second Order


The Evolution of the Female Sanngha


The Female Order in Japan


The Issue of Ordination


Sociological Context(s)38 Sorely Missed


Nunhood and Feminism



The Rhetoric of Subordination


A Theodicy of Disprivilege


The Five Obstacles and the Three Dependences


A Case of Blood Poisoning


Drinking from the Blood Bowl


The "Facts" of Life


The Red and the White



The Rhetoric of Salvation


The Legend of the Naga-Girl


Becoming Male


Interpretative Divergences


Amida's Vow and Its Implications


A Feminine Topos



The Rhetoric of Equality


Gender Equality in Mahayana


Gender Equality in Vajrayana


Chan/Zen Egalitarianism



Imagining Buddhist Women



Monks, Mothers, and Motherhood


Bad Mothers


The Ambivalent Mother


The Forsaken Mother


The Changing Image of Motherhood


Varieties of Motherly Experience


Mad Mothers


The Law of Alliance



Conflicting Images


Women in the Life of the Buddha


Queens, Empresses, and Other Impressive Ladies


Eminent Nuns


Femmes Fataies


Of Women and Jewels



Women Against Buddhism



Crossing the Line


The Utopian Topos


Kukai's Mother


The Kekkai Stone


Conflicting Interpretations


The Symbolic Reading of Transgression


The Kekkai and the Logic of Muen


Chapters Women on the Move


The "Nuns of Kumano"


What's in a Name


Down by the River


The Monk and the Bayadegrave;re


The Discourteous Courtesan


Paradigms



The Power of Women


The Myth of Tamayorihime


The Miko and the Monk


Women on the Edge


Women, Dragons, and Snakes


Afterthoughts


Notes


Bibliography


Index