Feminine Ground Paperback by Janice D. Willis

Product Details

• Publisher: Snow Lion (2024-10-08)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 168 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781645474210
• Item Weight: 368.55 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

Six Western women scholars and practitioners explore issues of women and the feminine in Tibet. These critical and provocative essays discuss female role models, the nun's life, and gender and role identity as these manifested in Tibet. Contributors include Jan Willis, Rita Gross, Janet Gyatso, Miranda Shaw, Barbara Aziz, and Karma Lekshe Tsomo.  

About the Author

Janice D. Willis is Professor of Religion and Chair ofthe Religion Department at Wesleyan University, where she teaches Sanskrit and Tibetan Buddhism. She is the author of several books and many articlestreating issues in Buddhist philosophy, meditation, sacred biography, and women and Buddhism.