Thai Buddhist Women, 'Bare Life' and Bravery

This paper addresses the ambiguous position of the largest group of Buddhist renunciant women in Thailand today, the mae chii. It provides a brief historical overview of the position of renunciant women in Buddhism more generally before taking up the case of the mae chii. While the mae chii are ofte...

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Main Author: Kameniar, Barbara (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2009
In: Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2009, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 281-294
Further subjects:B Mae Chii
B Thai Buddhist Women
B Agamben
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