This thesis consists of research on women and Buddhism in light of a medieval Japanese Buddhist tales collection called Kankyo no Tomo. This collection reveals the predicament in which women in medieval Japan found themselves. As the focus of sexual desire (towards them and by them), they were also inherently polluted due to their connection with blood (kegare).
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UMASS/oai:scholarworks.umass.edu:theses-1420 |
Date | 01 January 2009 |
Creators | Mizue, Yuko |
Publisher | ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst |
Source Sets | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
Detected Language | English |
Type | text |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014 |
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