A bull of a man [[electronic resource] ] : images of masculinity, sex, and the body in Indian Buddhism / / John Powers
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| Autore: |
Powers John <1957->
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| Titolo: |
A bull of a man [[electronic resource] ] : images of masculinity, sex, and the body in Indian Buddhism / / John Powers
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (335 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 294.3/37 |
| Soggetto topico: | Masculinity - Religious aspects - Buddhism |
| Sex role - Religious aspects - Buddhism | |
| Buddhist literature - India - History and criticism | |
| Buddhism - Social aspects - India - History | |
| Classificazione: | BE 8592 |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-312) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The ultimate man -- A manly monk -- Sex and the single monk -- The problem with bodies -- The company of men -- The greater men of the greater vehicle -- Adepts and sorcerers. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The androgynous, asexual Buddha of contemporary popular imagination stands in stark contrast to the muscular, virile, and sensual figure presented in Indian Buddhist texts. In this groundbreaking study of previously unexplored aspects of the early Buddhist tradition, John Powers skillfully adapts methodological approaches from European and North American historiography to the study of early Buddhist literature, art, and iconography, highlighting aspects of the tradition that have been surprisingly invisible in earlier scholarship. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A bull of a man |
| ISBN: | 0-674-05443-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910785020003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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