LEADER 04586nam 22007094a 450 001 9910455222103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-15843-0 010 $a9786612158438 010 $a1-4008-2561-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400825615 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788521 035 $a(EBL)457788 035 $a(OCoLC)436084202 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000225323 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187080 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000225323 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10230690 035 $a(PQKB)11238087 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457788 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36210 035 $a(DE-B1597)446296 035 $a(OCoLC)979741609 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400825615 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL457788 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312524 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL215843 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788521 100 $a20020405d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe power of denial$b[electronic resource] $eBuddhism, purity, and gender /$fBernard Faure 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (479 p.) 225 1 $aBuddhisms 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-09170-6 311 $a0-691-09171-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [401]-458) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tIntroduction -- $tPART ONE: BUDDHISM AND WOMEN -- $tChapter One. The Second Order -- $tChapter Two. The Rhetoric of Subordination -- $tChapter Three. The Rhetoric of Salvation -- $tChapter Four. The Rhetoric of Equality -- $tPART TWO: IMAGINING BUDDHIST WOMEN -- $tChapter Five. Monks, Mothers, and Motherhood -- $tChapter Six. Conflicting Images -- $tPART THREE: WOMEN AGAINST BUDDHISM -- $tChapter Seven. Crossing the Line -- $tChapter Eight. Women on the Move -- $tChapter Nine. The Power of Women -- $tAFTERTHOUGHTS -- $tNOTES -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX -- $t Backmatter 330 $aInnumerable studies have appeared in recent decades about practically every aspect of women's lives in Western societies. The few such works on Buddhism have been quite limited in scope. In The Power of Denial, Bernard Faure takes an important step toward redressing this situation by boldly asking: does Buddhism offer women liberation or limitation? Continuing the innovative exploration of sexuality in Buddhism he began in The Red Thread, here he moves from his earlier focus on male monastic sexuality to Buddhist conceptions of women and constructions of gender. Faure argues that Buddhism is neither as sexist nor as egalitarian as is usually thought. Above all, he asserts, the study of Buddhism through the gender lens leads us to question what we uncritically call Buddhism, in the singular. Faure challenges the conventional view that the history of women in Buddhism is a linear narrative of progress from oppression to liberation. Examining Buddhist discourse on gender in traditions such as that of Japan, he shows that patriarchy--indeed, misogyny--has long been central to Buddhism. But women were not always silent, passive victims. Faure points to the central role not only of nuns and mothers (and wives) of monks but of female mediums and courtesans, whose colorful relations with Buddhist monks he considers in particular. Ultimately, Faure concludes that while Buddhism is, in practice, relentlessly misogynist, as far as misogynist discourses go it is one of the most flexible and open to contradiction. And, he suggests, unyielding in-depth examination can help revitalize Buddhism's deeper, more ancient egalitarianism and thus subvert its existing gender hierarchy. This groundbreaking book offers a fresh, comprehensive understanding of what Buddhism has to say about gender, and of what this really says about Buddhism, singular or plural. 410 0$aBuddhisms. 606 $aWomen$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism 606 $aSex$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism 606 $aBuddhism$xDoctrines 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism. 615 0$aSex$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism. 615 0$aBuddhism$xDoctrines. 676 $a294.3/082 700 $aFaure$b Bernard$083179 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455222103321 996 $aThe power of denial$92471020 997 $aUNINA