Serinity Young

Courtesans and Tantric Consorts

Sexualities in Buddhist Narrative, Iconography, and Ritual

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Produktbeschreibung

In Courtesans and Tantric Consorts, Serinity Young takes the reader on a journey through more than 2000 years of Buddhist history, revealing the colourful mosaic of beliefs that inform Buddhist views about gender and sexuality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9780415914826
• ISBN-10: 0415914825
• Artikelnr.: 21030527

Autorenporträt

Serinity Young

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Part I: Life of
the Buddha 1. Rejection and reconciliation Part II: Parents and procreation
2. Mothers and sons 3. Medical excursus 4. Fathers and heirs Part III:
Sexualities 5. Wives and husbands 6. South Asian Courtesans 7. Courtesans
in Buddhist literature 8. Tantric consorts: Tibet 10. The traffic in women
11. Women, men, and impurity 12. Sex changes 13. Other lands/other
realities Conclusion Bibliography Index