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Engendering Religious Compassion: Chinese Women and the Micro-Politics of Buddhist Volunteerism |
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Kuah-Pearce, Khun Eng (著)
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Asian Journal of Social Science
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| Volume | v.43 n.4 |
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| Date | 2015 |
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| Pages | 357 - 375 |
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| Publisher | Brill |
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http://www.brill.nl/
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| Location | Leiden, the Netherlands [萊登, 荷蘭] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Author Affiliation: Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia. |
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| Keyword | feminist framework; micro-politiccs of volunteerism; compassion; bodhisattva ideal; emotive performance; transnational volunteerism |
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| Abstract | The aim of this paper is to the study of the role of women Buddhists in the delivery of Buddhist compassion and the micro-politics of volunteerism from a feminist perspective. It sets out to ask a simple question: What attracts and motivates the Chinese women Buddhists to become actively engaged in religious volunteerism and commit their time, energies and resources into doing philanthropic works for the greater needs of their local and transnational communities. Ethnographically, I want to explore how through their understanding of the Buddhist teachings, these women Buddhists interpret and integrate their status, role and actions within their local socially-engaged Buddhist community. At the same time, to understand how, in today's globalised world, these women focus and frame themselves as performers of emotive compassion in the local and global societies. Through this study, this paper argues that using a feminist perspective will shed light on the micro-politics of women's involvement in Buddhist volunteerism in three areas: empowerment, social visibility and emotive philanthropy. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 357
Introduction 358
Profile of Informants 359
Empowering Women as Bodhisattvas 359
Compassion as Emotive Performance 366
Integrating Compassion into the Neighbourhood 367
Transnational Volunteerism and Reconstruction 371
Consoling and Counselling through Meals 372
Conclusion: Women Volunteerism within a Thealogical Framework 373
References 374 |
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| ISSN | 15684849 (P); 22123857 (E) |
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| DOI | 10.1163/15685314-04304003 |
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| Hits | 73 |
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| Created date | 2023.06.26 |
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| Modified date | 2024.01.12 |
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