A bull of a man : images of masculinity, sex, and the body in Indian Buddhism / John Powers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powers, John, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masculinity--Religious aspects--Buddhism.

Masculinity.

Sex role--Religious aspects--Buddhism.

Sex role.

Buddhist literature--India--History and criticism.

Buddhist literature.

Buddhism--Social aspects--India--History.

Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The androgynous, asexual Buddha of contemporary popular imagination stands in stark contrast to the muscular, virile, and sensual figure presented in Indian Buddhist texts. In this groundbreaking study of previously unexplored aspects of the early Buddhist tradition, John Powers skillfully adapts methodological approaches from European and North American historiography to the study of early Buddhist literature, art, and iconography, highlighting aspects of the tradition that have been surprisingly invisible in earlier scholarship.

Contents:

The ultimate man

A manly monk

Sex and the single monk

The problem with bodies

The company of men

The greater men of the greater vehicle

Adepts and sorcerers.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-312) and index.

ISBN:

9780674054431

0674054431

OCLC:

650350250