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Korean Buddhist nuns and laywomen : hidden histories, enduring vitality / edited by Eun-su Cho.
Van Pelt Library BQ6160.K6 K67 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)--Korea.
- Monastic and religious life (Buddhism).
- Monastic and religious life of women.
- Buddhist nuns--Korea.
- Buddhist nuns.
- Korea.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 210 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- Female Buddhist practice in Korea
- a historical account / Eun-su Cho
- Male sŏn masters' views on female disciples in later Koryŏ / Young Mi Kim
- Koryŏ ladies and the encouragement of Buddhism in Yuan China / Tonino Puggioni
- Two female masters of two eras: differences and commonalities in roles / Heung-sik Heo (translated by John Jorgensen)
- Marginalized and silenced: Buddhist nuns of the Chosŏn period / John Jorgensen
- Buddhist nuns and alternate space in Confucian Chosŏn society / Ji-Young Jung
- The establishment of Buddhist nunneries in contemporary Korea / Pori Park.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438435114
- 1438435118
- OCLC:
- 639574801
- Publisher Number:
- 99942640247
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