Body, gender and sex : a study of sexual normativity and deviances in Indian Buddhist community (middle period)

Body, gender and sex : a study of sexual normativity and deviances in Indian Buddhist community (middle period)

This thesis is an attempt to illustrate the conception of sexuality in Indian society during the middle period (first to sixth century CE). To this end, extant Buddhist Vinaya texts transmitted to China will be studied as a source which present—to a certain extent, the social reality and societal pe...

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Main Author: Lee, Thomas Ming Zhi
Other Authors: Nicholas Witkowski
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2019
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DRNTU::Humanities::Religions::Buddhism
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-766652019-12-10T12:51:49Z Body, gender and sex : a study of sexual normativity and deviances in Indian Buddhist community (middle period) Lee, Thomas Ming Zhi Nicholas Witkowski School of Humanities DRNTU::Humanities::Religions::Buddhism This thesis is an attempt to illustrate the conception of sexuality in Indian society during the middle period (first to sixth century CE). To this end, extant Buddhist Vinaya texts transmitted to China will be studied as a source which present—to a certain extent, the social reality and societal perception on important issues regarding gender and sex in middle period India. Through the lens of monastic community in the Vinaya, sexual normativity and deviances construed by the Indians will be explored, with an emphasis on gender, sex, sexual partners and sexual behaviours. Bachelor of Arts in Chinese 2019-04-02T07:16:45Z 2019-04-02T07:16:45Z 2019 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76665 en Nanyang Technological University 74 p. application/pdf
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Body, gender and sex : a study of sexual normativity and deviances in Indian Buddhist community (middle period)
description This thesis is an attempt to illustrate the conception of sexuality in Indian society during the middle period (first to sixth century CE). To this end, extant Buddhist Vinaya texts transmitted to China will be studied as a source which present—to a certain extent, the social reality and societal perception on important issues regarding gender and sex in middle period India. Through the lens of monastic community in the Vinaya, sexual normativity and deviances construed by the Indians will be explored, with an emphasis on gender, sex, sexual partners and sexual behaviours.
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