Title:Women in Tibet, Past and Present by
ISBN:9781850656531
Author:Janet Gyatso
Editor:Hanna Havnevik
Publisher:Foundation Books
Publish Year:2005
Edition:First Edition
Cover:Paper Back
Subject:Anthropology/ Sociology | Women Study | Tibet | Tibetan History
Language:English
Remarks:B&W Photographs, Bibliography and Index.
Pages:436
Size:138 x 216 mm
Weight(gms):550
Price:USD 9.52
This volume presents a variety of data and reflection on the history of Tibetan women. Drawing on textual and archival study, ethnographic research, the history of religions, and feminist theory, the contributors explore the struggles and accomplishments of women from Tibet, including queens from the imperial period, "yoginis" and religious teachers of medieval times, Buddhist nuns, oracles, political workers, doctors and artists. The work seeks to resist both romanticisation and excessive criticism of the position and status of women in Tibetan society, exploring instead the complex relations between religion, culture, and social and political reality throughout history and the secular and religious facets of women's lives. The contributors explore the roots of and rocentrism and misogyny, the means by which women have handled such biases, and the wider implications of gender differentiation in the Tibetan world.
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