Chinese Buddhist Nuns in the Twentieth Century: A Case Study in Wuhan

In this paper, through working at the intersection of the works on nationalism and women, and the literature on Buddhist nuns during the Republican period, I aim to take up questions of gender relations in the broader studies of Buddhism and Buddhist modernization. I explore the Buddhist nuns'...

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Main Author: Yuan Yuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for the Study of Global Buddhism 2015-02-01
Series:Journal of Global Buddhism
Online Access:http://www.globalbuddhism.org/jgb/index.php/jgb/article/view/94