1st Edition
Courtesans and Tantric Consorts Sexualities in Buddhist Narrative, Iconography, and Ritual
By Serinity Young
Copyright 2004
298 Pages
by
Routledge
298 Pages
by
Routledge
298 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
Serinity Young
"This book is required reading for anyone interested in Buddhism and gender. It should also find a place in any library with collections in Buddhist studies and Tibetan studies." --Rita M. Gross, University of Wisconsin, Buddhist-Christian Studies
