Buddhist Nuns and Gendered Practice

Based on extensive research in Sri Lanka and interviews with Theravada and Tibetan nuns from around the world, Salgado''s groundbreaking study urges a rethinking of female renunciation. How are scholarly accounts complicit in reinscribing imperialist stories about the subjectivity of Buddhist women? How do key Buddhist "concepts" such as dukkha, samsara, and sila ground female renunciant practice?...