Courtesans and Tantric Consorts: Sexualities in Buddhist Narrative, Iconography and RitualThe wisest teachings of Buddhism say that, like all oppositions, one must move beyond gender. But as Serinity Young shows in this enlightening work, the rhetoric of Buddhist texts, the symbolism of its iconography, and the performative import of its rituals, tell different, and often contradictory, stories. In Courtesans and Tantric Consorts, Serinity Young takes the reader on a journey through more than 2000 years of biographical writings, iconographic depictions, and ritual practices revealing Buddhism's deep struggles with gender. |
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Courtesans and Tantric Consorts: Sexualities in Buddhist Narrative ... Serinity Young Limited preview - 2004 |
Courtesans and Tantric Consorts: Sexualities in Buddhist Narrative ... Serinity Young Limited preview - 2004 |