Charming Cadavers: Horrific Figurations of the Feminine in Indian Buddhist Hagiographic Literature - Women in Culture and Society - Liz Wilson - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226900537 - December 1, 1996
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Charming Cadavers: Horrific Figurations of the Feminine in Indian Buddhist Hagiographic Literature - Women in Culture and Society 1st edition


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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.


276 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released December 1, 1996
ISBN13 9780226900537
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 276
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   510 g
Language English  

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