Laughter, creativity, and perseverance : female agency in Buddhism and Hinduism / edited by Ute Hüsken.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hüsken, Ute, editor.

Series:

Religion, culture, and history.

Religion, culture, and history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Religious aspects--Buddhism.

Women.

Women--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Women in Buddhism.

Women in Hinduism.

Buddhist women.

Hindu women.

Women Buddhist priests.

Buddhist nuns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

'Laughter, Creativity, and Perseverance' offers ten in-depth case studies analyzing culturally, historically, and geographically unique situations in order to explore the historical background, contemporary trajectories, and impact of the emergence of new and powerful forms of female agency in mostly conservative Hindu and Buddhist religious traditions.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Laughter, Creativity, and Perseverance

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Contributors

Introduction: Female Agency in Buddhist and Hindu Contexts

Section I

1. Exclusion, Secrecy, and the (Under)ground: Dynamics of Female Religious and Ritual Agency in Kalmykia

2. "This Is Not a Home, It Is a Temple": Creative Agency in Navarāttiri Kolu

Section II

3. Body Politics and the Gendered Politics of Hindu Militancy: Shiv Sena Women and Political Agency in Western India

4. Buddhist "Radicalism": A Vehicle for Female Empowerment?

5. Laughing on a Rooftop: Female Buddhist Agency as Local in Lumbini, Nepal

6. Right to Pray: Comparing Shani Shingnapur and Sabarimala

Section III

7. Hindu Women and the Gendering of Religious and Ritual Authority in Trinidad

8. Tradition, Innovation, and Resistance? Training Girls in Sanskrit and Vedic Rituals

9. "I Will Be the Śaṅkarācāryā for Women!": Gender, Agency, and a Guru's Quest for Equality in Hinduism

Section IV

10. Female Agency in Buddhism and Hinduism: Methodological Reflections and Collective Commitments

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 3, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Hüsken, Ute Laughter, Creativity, and Perseverance

ISBN:

0-19-760375-0

0-19-760373-4

0-19-760374-2