Korean Buddhist nuns and laywomen
Subtitle: hidden histories, enduring vitality
By: edited by Eun-su Cho
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781438435114
Subjects: Monastic and religious life (Buddhism); Buddhist nuns; Monastic and religious life of women
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Female Buddhist practice in Korea - a historical account / Eun-su Cho; title: Male son masters' views on female disciples in later Koryo / Young Mi Kim; title: Koryo ladies and the encouragement of Buddhism in Yuan China / Tonino Puggioni; title: Two female masters of two eras: differences and commonalities in roles / Heung-sik Heo (translated by John Jorgensen); title: Marginalized and silenced: Buddhist nuns of the Choson period / John Jorgensen; title: Buddhist nuns in Confucian Choson society / Ji-Young Jung; title: The establishment of Buddhist nunneries in contemporary Korea / Pori Park.