{"product_id":"charming-cadavers-horrific-figurations-of-the-feminine-in-indian-buddhist-hagiographic-literature-women-in-culture-society-series-wcs-9780226900537","title":"Charming Cadavers  Horrific Figurations of the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword  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","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036753494359,"sku":"9780226900537","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/charming-cadavers-horrific-figurations-of-the-feminine-in-indian-buddhist-hagiographic-literature-women-in-culture-society-series-wcs-9780226900537","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}