An Imperfect Alliance: Feminism and Contemporary Female Buddhist Monasticisms

An Imperfect Alliance: Feminism and Contemporary Female Buddhist Monasticisms

This essay lays the elaborate textile of feminist discourse alongside the equally rich fabric of contemporary female Buddhist monasticisms, taking note of places the latter has pulled threads from the former, but also pointing out the ways in which female monastics lead agentive, creative, and somet...

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Main Author: Amy Paris Langenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-06-01
Series:Religions
Subjects:
liberal feminism
poststructural feminism
postcolonial feminism
female Buddhist monasticism
engaged Buddhism
Buddhism
Buddhist monasticism
Buddhist feminism
Judith Butler
Saba Mahmood
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/9/6/190

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