Serinity Young

Courtesans and Tantric Consorts

Sexualities in Buddhist Narrative, Iconography, and Ritual

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The wisest teachings of Buddhism say that 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, all 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 the colorful mosaic of beliefs that inform Buddhist views about gender and sexuality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 162mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780415914833
• ISBN-10: 0415914833
• Artikelnr.: 21728433

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