Women in Tibet / Janet Gyatso, Hanna Havnevik, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gyatso, Janet.

Havnevik, Hanna, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--China--Tibet Autonomous Region--History.

Women.

China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

History.

Women--China--Tibet Autonomous Region--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xii, 436 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2005]

Summary:

This volume explores the struggles and accomplishments of women from both past and present-day Tibet: queens from the imperial period, yoginis and religious teachers of medieval times, Buddhist nuns, oracles, political workers, medical doctors, and performing artists. Most of the essays focus on the lives of individual women, whether from textual sources or from anthropological data, and show that Tibetan women have apparently enjoyed more freedom than women in many other Asian countries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-402) and index.

ISBN:

0231130988

0231130996

OCLC:

52631285