Buch
Monografie
Making fields of merit : Buddhist female ascetics and gendered orders in Thailand
Verfasst von:
Falk, Monika Lindberg
Copenhagen:
NIAS Press
,
2007
,
283 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Falk, Monika Lindberg |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Gendering Asia
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Jahr: | 2007 |
| ISBN: | 8791114659 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Religion plays a central role in Thai society with Buddhism intertwined in the daily lives of the people. Religion also plays an important role in establishing gender boundaries. The growth of self-governing nunneries (samnak chii) and the increasing interest of Thai women in a Buddhist monastic life are notable changes in the religiongender dynamic. This anthropological study is primarily based on information from personal oberservation and interviews. It addresses religion and gender relations through the lens of the lives, actions and role in Thai society of an order of Buddhist nuns (mae chii). It presents an ethnography of these Thai Buddhist nuns, examines what it implies to be a female ascetic in contemporary Thailand and analyses how the ordained state for women fits into the wider gender patterns found in Thai society. The study also deals with the nuns agency in creating religious space and authority for women. In addition, it raises questions about how the position of Thai Buddhist nuns outside the Buddhist sangha affects their religious legitimacy and describes recent moves to restore a Theravada order of female monks. Contents: 1: Introduction 2: Buddhist nuns in Thai society 3: A religious field intransition 4: Buddhism and gender relations in Thailand 5: Themes of renunciation 6: Transcending the lay realm 7: The gift relationship 8: Mae chiis quest for education 9: The struggle for legal recognition 10: Summary and conclusions, Glossary, References, Index. | |
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| Literaturverz. S. 263 - 275 | |
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