Laughter, Creativity, and Perseverance: Female Agency in Buddhism and Hinduism
Laughter, Creativity, and Perseverance offers ten in-depth case studies analyzing culturally, historically, and geographically unique situations in order to explore the historical background, contemporary trajectories, and impact of the emergence of new and powerful forms of female agency in mostly...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Series/Journal: | Aar Religion Culture and History Ser.
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| Further subjects: | B
Women-Religious aspects-Hinduism
B Women in Buddhism B Electronic books B Women-Religious aspects-Buddhism |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780197603727 |
| Summary: | Laughter, Creativity, and Perseverance offers ten in-depth case studies analyzing culturally, historically, and geographically unique situations in order to explore the historical background, contemporary trajectories, and impact of the emergence of new and powerful forms of female agency in mostly conservative Hindu and Buddhist religious traditions. Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Laughter, Creativity, and Perseverance -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Female Agency in Buddhist and Hindu Contexts -- Section I -- 1. Exclusion, Secrecy, and the (Under)ground: Dynamics of Female Religious and Ritual Agency in Kalmykia -- 2. "This Is Not a Home, It Is a Temple": Creative Agency in Navarāttiri Kolu -- Section II -- 3. Body Politics and the Gendered Politics of Hindu Militancy: Shiv Sena Women and Political Agency in Western India -- 4. Buddhist "Radicalism": A Vehicle for Female Empowerment? -- 5. Laughing on a Rooftop: Female Buddhist Agency as Local in Lumbini, Nepal -- 6. Right to Pray: Comparing Shani Shingnapur and Sabarimala -- Section III -- 7. Hindu Women and the Gendering of Religious and Ritual Authority in Trinidad -- 8. Tradition, Innovation, and Resistance? Training Girls in Sanskrit and Vedic Rituals -- 9. "I Will Be the Śaṅkarācāryā for Women!": Gender, Agency, and a Guru's Quest for Equality in Hinduism -- Section IV -- 10. Female Agency in Buddhism and Hinduism: Methodological Reflections and Collective Commitments -- Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0197603742 |