Traveller in Space
Frances Pinter Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-8264-5719-6 (ISBN)
This is a cross-cultural study of the significance of the female in the philosophy and symbolism of Tibetan Buddhism. It approaches female identity through an account of the historical context of archaic images of the female, and takes a psychoanalytical perspective on the philosophy surrounding the key figure of female embodiment in Tibetan Buddhism, the "dakini". Througn an examination of the unusual patriarchal system which developed in Tibet, important questions are raised concerning the meaning and relevance of the secret sexual practices of Tibetan Tantra, and the issues of power and authority as they relate to the potential subjectivity of women today.
June Campbell began studying Buddhism in the 1960s and was among the first western students to study Tibetan Buddhism in India with exiled lamas from Tibet. In 1977 she travelled throughout Europe and North America as a Tibetan translator during the time that Tibetan Buddhist centres were being established in the West. As a university lecturer she later combined her interest in gender and religion by teaching both Religious Studies and Women's Studies.
When iron birds appear; archaic female images and indigenous culture; the lotus deity - a lost goddess; the suppression of the symbolic female and the miraculous self-born Lama; "free from the impurities of the womb" - divine birth and the absent mother; at one with the secret other; traveller in space - the "dakini" and her symbolic dwelling; the question of "otherness" in female representation; perspectives on culture and gender; conclusion.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.7.2002 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 330 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8264-5719-3 / 0826457193 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8264-5719-6 / 9780826457196 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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