Charming Cadavers
Horrific Figurations of the Feminine in Indian Buddhist Hagiographic Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9216192 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer L Manlowe, Liz Wilson (0009-0001-3547-5546) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 227 |
| Publication date | 1999-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy East and West (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8221 • E-ISSN: 1529-1898 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1400212 |
| OpenAlex | W2035924334 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
In this study of sexuality, desire, the body, and women, Liz Wilson investigates first-millennium Buddhist notions of spirituality. She argues that despite the marginal role women played in monastic life, they occupied a very conspicuous place in Buddhist hagiographic literature. In narratives used for the edification of Buddhist monks, women's bodies in decay (diseased, dying, and after death) served as a central object for meditation, inspiring spiritual growth through sexual abstention and repulsion in the immediate world. Taking up a set of universal concerns connected with the representation of women, Wilson displays the pervasiveness of an drocentrism in Buddhist literature and practice
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| Unique citing works | 36 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,24 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2022 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |