Gender Studies 210BD - Women and Buddhism
Spring
2017
01
4.00
Susanne Mrozik
MW 01:15PM-02:30PM
Mount Holyoke College
99284
Skinner Hall 202
smrozik@mtholyoke.edu
99033,99284
This course examines the contested roles and representations of Buddhist women in different historical and cultural contexts. Using a variety of ethnographic, historical, and textual sources, the course investigates both the challenges and opportunities Buddhist women have found in their religious texts, institutions, and communities.