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Some Remarks on Research on Gender Roles in the Textual Sources of Buddhism

Publication date: 17.11.2016

Studia Religiologica, 2016, Volume 49 Issue 3, pp. 277 - 286

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844077SR.16.019.5877

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Joanna Gruszewska
Jagiellonian University in Kraków
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7859-1945 Orcid
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Some Remarks on Research on Gender Roles in the Textual Sources of Buddhism

Abstract

The presented paper reflects on the perspective of the field of Buddhist studies/Buddhology relating to research on gender roles, especially female roles in Buddhist traditions within the scope of textual study of sources. After briefly introducing the discipline and the history of research on gender within Buddhist studies, the article concentrates on the main shortcomings and also the current perspectives and postulates of contemporary research on gender roles in Buddhism.

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Information: Studia Religiologica, 2016, Volume 49 Issue 3, pp. 277 - 286

Article type: Original article

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Some Remarks on Research on Gender Roles in the Textual Sources of Buddhism

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Some Remarks on Research on Gender Roles in the Textual Sources of Buddhism

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7859-1945

Joanna Gruszewska
Jagiellonian University in Kraków
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7859-1945 Orcid
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Jagiellonian University in Kraków

Published at: 17.11.2016

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