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Being a Buddhist nun : the struggle for enlightenment in the Himalayas
- Title
- Being a Buddhist nun : the struggle for enlightenment in the Himalayas / Kim Gutschow.
- Author
- Gutschow, Kim.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | *OLWL 04-6274 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xix, 333 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-322) and index.
- Contents
- Gendering monasticism -- Locating Buddhism in Zangskar -- The Buddhist economy of merit -- The Buddhist traffic in women -- Becoming a nun -- Why nuns cannot be monks -- Can nuns gain enlightenment? -- Monasticism and modernity.
- Call Number
- *OLWL 04-6274
- ISBN
- 0674012879 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004040573
- OCLC
- 54081555
- Author
- Gutschow, Kim.
- Title
- Being a Buddhist nun : the struggle for enlightenment in the Himalayas / Kim Gutschow.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-322) and index.
- Research Call Number
- *OLWL 04-6274