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In this study of sexuality, desire, the body and women, Liz Wilson investigates first-millennium Buddhist notions of spirituality. She argues that despite the marginal role women played in monastic life, they occupied a very conspicuous place in Buddhist hagiographic literature.

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Foreword Catharine R. Stimpson Preface Note on Terminology Introduction 1: Celibacy and the Social World 2: "Like a Boil with Nine Openings": Buddhist Constructions of the Body and Their South Asian Milieu 3: False Advertising Exposed: Horrific Figurations of the Feminine in Pali Hagiography 4: Lead Us Now into Temptation: Countering Samsaric Duplicity with Dharmic Deceptions 5: Seeing Through the Gendered "I": The Nun's Story Conclusion Appendix: The Post-Asokan Milieu Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 12/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226900537, 978-0226900537
      ISBN10: 0226900533
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      Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this study of sexuality, desire, the body and women, Liz Wilson investigates first-millennium Buddhist notions of spirituality. She argues that despite the marginal role women played in monastic life, they occupied a very conspicuous place in Buddhist hagiographic literature.

      Table of Contents
      Foreword Catharine R. Stimpson Preface Note on Terminology Introduction 1: Celibacy and the Social World 2: "Like a Boil with Nine Openings": Buddhist Constructions of the Body and Their South Asian Milieu 3: False Advertising Exposed: Horrific Figurations of the Feminine in Pali Hagiography 4: Lead Us Now into Temptation: Countering Samsaric Duplicity with Dharmic Deceptions 5: Seeing Through the Gendered "I": The Nun's Story Conclusion Appendix: The Post-Asokan Milieu Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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