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Making fields of merit : Buddhist female ascetics and gendered orders in Thailand / Monica Lindberg Falk.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studiesPublication details: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2007.Description: xv, 283 pages : Illustrations, map ; 23 cmISSN:
  • 9780295987262 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.365708209593
Contents:
1. Introduction. Buddhist female ascetics in Thai society 2. Gender orders and gendering renunciation - past and present 3. Themes of going forth 4. Transcending the lay realm 5. Mae chii communities and the making of a mae chii 6. Gender and the fields of merit 7. A religious field in transition 8. Mae chiis' quest for education 9. Struggles for legal recognition 10. Summary and conclusions.
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riginally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Göteborg University, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-275) and index.

1. Introduction. Buddhist female ascetics in Thai society
2. Gender orders and gendering renunciation - past and present
3. Themes of going forth
4. Transcending the lay realm
5. Mae chii communities and the making of a mae chii
6. Gender and the fields of merit
7. A religious field in transition
8. Mae chiis' quest for education
9. Struggles for legal recognition
10. Summary and conclusions.

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