Korean Buddhist nuns and laywomen : hidden histories, enduring vitality

Author(s)

• Cho, Eun-su

Bibliographic Information

Korean Buddhist nuns and laywomen : hidden histories, enduring vitality

edited by Eun-su Cho

State University of New York Press, c2011

• : hardcover
• : pbk

Note

"The Korea Foundation has provided financial assistance for the undertaking of this publication project"--T.p. verso

Includes index

Contents of Works

• Female Buddhist practice in Korea : a historical account / Eun-su Cho
• Male sŏn masters' views on female disciples in later Koryŏ / Young Mi Kim
• Koryŏ ladies and the encouragement of Buddhism in Yuan China / Tonino Puggioni
• Two female masters of two eras : differences and commonalities in roles / Heung-sik Heo ; translated by John Jorgensen
• Marginalized and silenced : Buddhist nuns of the Chosŏn period / John Jorgensen
• Buddhist nuns and alternative space in Confucian Chosŏn society / Ji-Young Jung
• The establishment of Buddhist nunneries in contemporary Korea / Pori Park

• NCID: BB08617413
• ISBN:
  • 9781438435114
  • 9781438435107
• LCCN: 2010023371
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Albany
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 210 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BQ6160.K6
  • DC22 : 294.3/65708209519
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) -- Korea
  • LCSH : Monastic and religious life of women
  • LCSH : Buddhist nuns -- Korea