ISBN:
978-1-4039-7221-7
,
1-4039-7221-4
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 296 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Religion, Culture, Critique
Keywords:
Süd-Asien Nepal
;
Indien
;
Bangladesh
;
Ethnographie
;
Frau
;
Frau und Religion
;
Frau und sozio-ökonomische Rolle
;
Bildung
;
Jain
;
Buddhismus
;
Askese
;
Mönchtum
;
Heiliger
;
Sexualität
;
Religion und Gesellschaft
;
Geschlechterforschung
Abstract:
This volume brings together new research on South Asia women who have renounced worldly life for spiritual pursuits. Documenting contemporary women's experiences with ethnographic narratives, this book offers feminist insights into Jain, Buddhist, Hindu and Baul ascetic traditions. With intricate narrative documenting contemporary women's experiences, contributors explore the lives of women who have renounced involvements such as sex, financial security, kin, and the pursuit of beauty, in favour of higher religious and spiritual ideals. The authors consider the hardship endured by women committed to religioos paths more commonly taken by men and warn against any easy romanticization of these womens's lives. At the same time, the book offers a refreshing antidote to the relentless image of South Asian women as dependent on male kins and defined by their secual and procreativesroles.
Description / Table of Contents:
List of illustrations -- Series Editor's preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Portraits of singular women -- Landscapes of contemporary traditions -- Glossary -- Notes on contributors -- Index
Note:
Enthält 10 Beiträge
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