An edition of Making fields of merit (2002)

Making fields of merit

Buddhist female ascetics and gendered orders in Thailand

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Making fields of merit
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An edition of Making fields of merit (2002)

Making fields of merit

Buddhist female ascetics and gendered orders in Thailand

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"Religion plays a central role in Thai society with Buddhism intertwined in the daily lives of the people. Religion also plays an important role in establishing gender boundaries. The growth in recent decades of self-governing nunneries and the increasing interest of Thai women in a Buddhist monastic life are notable changes in the religion - gender dynamic." "This anthropological study addresses religion and gender relations through the lens of the lives, actions, and roles in Thai society of an order of Buddhist nuns (mae chii). It presents a unique ethnography of Thai Buddhist nuns, examines what it implies to be a female ascetic in contemporary Thailand, and analyzes how the ordained state for women fits into the wider gender patterns found in Thai society."--Jacket.

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University of Washington Press
Language
English
Pages
283

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Subjects

Buddhism, Buddhist convents, Buddhist nuns, Religious aspects of Sex role, Sex role, Social conditions, Women, Women in Buddhism, Sex role, religious aspects, Women, thailand, Women, social conditions, Religious aspects

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Thailand
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Cover of: Making Fields of Merit
Making Fields of Merit: Buddhist Nuns and Gendered Orders in Thailand (Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies)
December 30, 2007, University of Washington Press
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Cover of: Making fields of merit
Making fields of merit: Buddhist female ascetics and gendered orders in Thailand
2007, University of Washington Press
in English
Cover of: Making fields of merit
Making fields of merit: Buddhist nuns challenge gendered orders in Thailand
2002, Göteborg University, Department of Social Anthropology
in English

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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Göteborg University, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-275) and index.

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Seattle
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Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies

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Dewey Decimal Class
294.3/65708209593
Library of Congress
BQ6160.T4 F35 2007

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Pagination
xv, 283 p. :
Number of pages
283

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OL18495654M
ISBN 10
029598726X
ISBN 13
9780295987262
LCCN
2007020602
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8193545
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1920638

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OL6076162W

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