1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910695155603321

Autore

Smith Kristin E

Titolo

Who's minding the kids? [[electronic resource] ] : child care arrangements, spring 1997 / / by Kristin Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau, , [2002]

Descrizione fisica

20 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Current population reports. Household economic studies, P70 ; ; 86

Soggetti

Children of working mothers - United States

Child care services - United States

Statistics.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on April 7, 2003).

"Issued July 2002."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910713700903321

Titolo

Elevation of the Environmental Protection Agency to department level status : H.R. 37 and H.R. 2138 : hearings before the Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, on H.R. 37 ... and on H.R. 2138 ... June 6 and September 9, 2003

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. Government Printing Office, , 2003

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 324 pages) : illustrations

Soggetti

Executive departments - United States

Environmental policy - United States

Legislative hearings.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778219903321

Autore

Faure Bernard

Titolo

The power of denial : Buddhism, purity, and gender / / Bernard Faure

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

1-282-15843-0

9786612158438

1-4008-2561-X

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (ix, 466 pages)

Collana

Buddhisms

Disciplina

294.3/082

Soggetti

Women - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Sex - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Buddhism - Doctrines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-458) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- PART ONE: BUDDHISM AND WOMEN -- Chapter One. The Second Order -- Chapter Two. The Rhetoric of Subordination -- Chapter Three. The Rhetoric of Salvation -- Chapter Four. The Rhetoric of Equality -- PART TWO: IMAGINING BUDDHIST WOMEN -- Chapter Five. Monks, Mothers, and Motherhood -- Chapter Six. Conflicting Images -- PART THREE: WOMEN AGAINST BUDDHISM -- Chapter Seven. Crossing the Line -- Chapter Eight. Women on the Move -- Chapter Nine. The Power of Women -- AFTERTHOUGHTS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

Innumerable 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.