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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790063603321

Titolo

Korean Buddhist nuns and laywomen [[electronic resource] ] : hidden histories, enduring vitality / / edited by Eun-su Cho

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011

ISBN

1-4384-3512-6

1-4416-8884-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ChoEunsu <1958->

Disciplina

294.3/65708209519

Soggetti

Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) - Korea

Monastic and religious life of women

Buddhist nuns - Korea

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Female Buddhist practice in Korea - a historical account / Eun-su Cho -- Male son masters' views on female disciples in later Koryo / Young Mi Kim -- Koryo ladies and the encouragement of Buddhism in Yuan China / Tonino Puggioni -- Two female masters of two eras: differences and commonalities in roles / Heung-sik Heo (translated by John Jorgensen) -- Marginalized and silenced: Buddhist nuns of the Choson period / John Jorgensen -- Buddhist nuns in Confucian Choson society / Ji-Young Jung -- The establishment of Buddhist nunneries in contemporary Korea / Pori Park.