Courtesans and tantric consorts : sexualities in Buddhist narrative, iconography and ritual / / Serinity Young

• Autore: Young Serinity
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Disciplina: 294.3/082
• Soggetto topico: Women in the Tripitaka; Women in Buddhism - India; Buddhist art and symbolism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-248) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Courtesans and Tantric Consorts: Sexualities in Buddhist Narrative, Iconography, and Ritual; Copyright; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION; INTRODUCTION; PART I Life of the Buddha; CHAPTER 1 REJECTION AND RECONCILIATION; REJECTION: THE PRINCE IN THE WOMEN'S QUARTERS; RECONCILIATION: THE ASCETIC AND THE REQUISITE OF ENLIGHTENMENT; PART II Parents and Procreation; CHAPTER 2 MOTHERS AND SONS; QUEEN MĀYĀ; Conception and Birth Images; Trāyastrimśa Heaven; ŚYĀMA JĀTAKA; SONS SAVING MOTHERS; QUEEN CĀMA; MOTHERS AND COMPASSION ; CHAPTER 3 MEDICAL EXCURSUSCHAPTER 4 FATHERS AND HEIRS; KING ŚUDDHODANA; BUDDHA AS FATHER; TIBET; Male Lineage; PART III Sexualities; CHAPTER 5 WIVES AND HUSBANDS; THE WIVES OF THE BUDDHA; Jātaka Wives; Dreams of Buddha's Wives; THE SAUNDARĀNANDA; POSITIVE IMAGES OF WIVES; CHAPTER 6 SOUTH ASIAN COURTESANS; SEXUAL CATEGORIES; DEVADĀSĪS; MALE COURTESANS; TRANSITIONS; CHAPTER 7 COURTESANS IN BUDDHIST LITERATURE; ŚYĀMĀ JĀTAKA; AMRAPĀLĪ; THE MANIMEKHALAÏ; THE DECEPTION OF THE BODY; CHAPTER 8 TANTRIC CONSORTS: INTRODUCTION; IMAGES AND PRACTICES; MAHĀSIDDHAS; CHAPTER 9 TANTRIC CONSORTS: TIBET ; PADMASAMBHAVAYESHE TSOGYEL AND MANDĀRAVĀ; TERTONS; YID THOGMA; MILAREPA; MACHIG LAPDRON; CHAPTER 10 THE TRAFFIC IN WOMEN; NANGSA'S STORY; CHAPTER 11 WOMEN, MEN, AND IMPURITY; FEMALE SEXUALITY AND POLLUTION; THE INSTABILITY OF MASCULINITY; CHAPTER 12 SEX CHANGE; FEMALE TO MALE STORIES; MALE TO FEMALE STORIES; KARMA; CHAPTER 13 OTHER LANDS/OTHER REALITIES; THE BUDDHIST UNIVERSE; LANDS OF WOMEN; Hells for Women; PURE LANDS; Without Women; With Women; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: The wisest teachings of Buddhism say that, like all oppositions, one must move beyond gender. But as Serinity Young shows in this enlightening work, the rhetoric of Buddhist texts, the symbolism of its iconography, and the performative import of its rituals, tell different, and often contradictory, stories. In Courtesans and Tantric Consorts, Serinity Young takes the reader on a journey through more than 2000 years of biographical writings, iconographic depictions, and ritual practices revealing Buddhism's deep struggles with gender.Juxtaposing empowering images of women with thei
• Altri titoli varianti: Sexualities in Buddhist narrative, iconography and ritual
• Titolo autorizzato: Courtesans and tantric consorts
• ISBN: 0-203-49412-1; 1-280-07730-1; 1-135-96426-2; 0-203-60278-1; 1-135-96427-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821337103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II