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Buddhist 'nuns' (mae chi) and the Teaching of Pali in Contemporary Thailand |
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Collins, Steven (著)
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McDaniel, Justin (著)
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| Source |
Modern Asian Studies
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| Volume | v.44 n.6 |
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| Date | 2010.11 |
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| Pages | 1373 - 1408 |
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| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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http://www.journals.cambridge.org
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| Location | New York, NY, US [紐約, 紐約州, 美國] |
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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 | 1. Steven Collins, University of Chicago, USA.
2. Justin McDaniel, University of Pennsylvania, USA. |
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| Abstract | This paper presents an ethnographic account of Buddhist 'nuns' involved in the teaching of Pali language and Abhidhamma in contemporary Thailand. It also reflects on both the emic-Buddhist (Pali and modern vernacular) and etic-interpretative (English-language) vocabularies which have been used to describe these women and their social role(s) and status(es). The aims of the paper are to go beyond the Weberian vocabulary usually used to describe what we will call 'professionally celibate Buddhist women', to escape from the ubiquitous emphasis on the issue of re-establising the Nuns' Order (bhikkhunῑ-s) in the modern world in scholarship dealing with such women, and to encourage further ethnography and further civilizational interpretation of gender and asceticism. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 1373
Introduction 1374
Lay and monastic statuses 1376
Some etic categories 1380
The history of the Order of Nuns 1382
Mae chi in Thailand 1384
Case studies: mae chi teaching Pali 1387
Appendix 1: terms for non-monastic ascetics in Pali texts 1400
Appendix 2: vernacular terms for modern professionally celibate women - 'Third Status (es)' 1402 |
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| ISSN | 0026749X (P); 14698099 (E) |
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| Created date | 2023.12.25 |
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| Modified date | 2023.12.25 |
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