The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Philosophy and Gender. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Veena R. Howard.
• Editors: Howard, Veena R
• Contents: Editor's Note 1. Introduction: Gender Conceptions in Indian Thought: Identity, Hybridity, Fluidity, Androgyny, and Transcendence, Veena R. Howard I. Gender Essentialism2. The Unbearability of the Male Gaze: A Phenomenological Exposition of Samkhyan Philosophy of the Body Through Feminine Eyes, Ana Funes3. Women's Liberation in Jainism: Understanding Philosophical Debates and Cultural Dialectics, Veena R. Howard4. The Story of Samjña, Mother of Manu: Shadow and Light in the Markandeya Purana, Raj Balkaran5. Woman as Maya: Gendered Narrative in the Bhagavata Purana, Gopal Gupta II Gender Negotiation6. The Gendering of Voice in Medieval Hindu Literature, Nancy Martin7. Given, Taken, Performed: Gender in Tamil Theopoetics, Chakravarti Ram-Prasad8. Gender in the Ramakrishna Tradition, Jeffrey Long III Androgyny, Gender Hybridity, and Fluidity9. Divine Androgyny and the Play of Self-Recognition: Revisiting Some Issues in Gender Theory through an Un-Orthodox Interpretation of Ardhanarisvara, Geoff Ashton10. Gender in Pali Buddhist Traditions, Carol Anderson11. Narrative of Amba in the Mahabharata: The Issue of Female Body, Gender, and the Namesake of the Divine Feminine, Veena R. Howard IV Gender and the Feminine Divine12. God the Mother and Her Sacred Text: A Hindu Vision of Divine Immanence, Rita D. Sherma13. Prajñasakti is Beyond Jñana: Feminine Insight in Tripurarahasya and Prajñaparamita Sutram, Neela Bhattacharya Saxena V Gender Transcendence14. Male-Female Dialogues on Gender, Sexuality, and Dharma in the Hindu Epics, Ruth Vanita15.The Vision of the Transcendent One: Feminist Hermeneutics and Feminine Symbolism in the Sikh Scripture, Nikky G. Kaur Singh Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (368 pages)
• Subjects: Oriental & Indian philosophy; Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships; Philosophy -- Eastern; Philosophy -- Buddhist; Religion -- Eastern; Religion -- Sexuality & Gender Studies; Non-Western philosophy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474269599; 1474269591
• Related ISBNs: 9781474269582
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