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1 online resource (ix, 351 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Bloomsbury research handbooks in Asian philosophy
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Bloomsbury research handbooks in Asian philosophy.
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| Summary |
'How do gender constructions transform religious experiences?' 'What is the role of bodily materiality in ethics and epistemology?' 'How does rethinking gender and sexuality force us to reconceptualise settled ontological frameworks?' This collection provides the first research resource to Indian philosophical gender issues, exploring a variety of texts and traditions from Indian philosophy where the treatment of gender is dynamic and diverse.Organised around three central themes - the gender dynamics of enlightenment in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions; the simple binary opposition of genders in Indian traditions; the ways in which symbolic representations of gender differ from social realities in Hindu and Buddhist practice - a team of respected scholars discuss feminist readings, examinations of femininity and masculinity, as well as queer and trans identities, representations, and theories. Beginning with the Vedic tradition and ending with sections on Sri Ramakrishna and Gandhi, this wide-ranging handbook encourages fresh inquiry into classic philosophical questions. Offering critical analyses relevant to literary, cultural and religious studies, The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Philosophy and Gender opens up new ways of understanding gender and South Asian philosophy |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: gender conceptions in Indian thought: identity, hybridity, fluidity, androgyny, and transcendence / Veena R. Howard -- The unbearability of the male gaze: a phenomenological exposition of Samkhyan philosophy of the body through Feminine eyes / Ana Laura Funes Maderey -- Women's liberation in Jainism: understanding philosophical debates and cultural dialectics / Veena R. Howard -- Woman as Maya: gendered narrative in the Bhagavata Purana / Gopal K. Gupta -- The gendering of voice in medieval Hindu literature / Nancy M. Martin -- Given, taken, performed: gender in a Tamil theopoetics / Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad -- Gender in the tradition of Sri Ramakrishna / Jeffery D. Long -- Divine androgyny and the play of self-recognition: revisiting some issues in gender theory through an unorthodox interpretation of Ardhanarisvara / Geoff Ashton -- Gender in Pali Buddhist traditions / Carol S. Anderson -- Narrative of Amba in the Mahabharata: female body, gender, and the namesake of the divine feminine / Veena R. Howard -- God the mother and her sacred text: a Hindu vision of divine immanence / Rita D. Sherma -- The story of Samjna, mother of Manu: shadow and light in the Markandeya Purana / Raj Balkaran -- Male-female dialogues on gender, sexuality, and Dharma in the Hindu epics / Ruth Vanita -- The vision of the transcendent one: feminist hermeneutics and feminine symbolism in the Sikh scripture / Nikky-Guninder / Kaur Singh |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Philosophy, Indic.
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Philosophy, Indic. |
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Gender identity -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
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Gender identity -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism. |
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Gender identity -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Gender identity -- Religious aspects -- Islam. |
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Electronic books.
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Gender identity. |
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Howard, Veena, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bloomsbury research handbook of Indian philosophy and gender. London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020 9781474269582 (OCoLC)1121095188 |
| ISBN |
9781474269605 (electronic book) |
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1474269605 (electronic book) |
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9781474269599 (electronic book) |
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1474269591 (electronic book) |
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9781474269582 (hardback) |
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1474269583 (hardback) |
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