TY  - BOOK
AU  - Powers,John
TI  - A bull of a man: images of masculinity, sex, and the body in Indian Buddhism 
SN  - 9780674054431 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BQ4570.M365 P68 2009eb
U1  - 294.3/37 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Masculinity
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - Sex role
KW  - Buddhist literature
KW  - India
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - History
KW  - Männlichkeit
KW  - swd
KW  - Männerbild
KW  - Körper
KW  - Buddhismus
KW  - Geschlechterrolle
KW  - Indien
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Description based on print version record; Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-312) and index; The ultimate man -- A manly monk -- Sex and the single monk -- The problem with bodies -- The company of men -- The greater men of the greater vehicle -- Adepts and sorcerers
N2  - "The androgynous, asexual Buddha of contemporary popular imagination stands in stark contrast to the muscular, virile, and sensual figure presented in Indian Buddhist texts. In early Buddhist literature and art, the Buddha's perfect physique and sexual prowess are important components of his legend as the world's "ultimate man." [...] In this groundbreaking study of previously unexplored aspects of the early Buddhist tradition, John Powers skillfully adapts methodological approaches from European and North American historiography to the study of early Buddhist literature, art, and iconography, highlighting aspects of the tradition that have been surprisingly invisible in earlier scholarship. The book focuses on the figure of the Buddha and his monastic followers to show how they were constructed as paragons of masculinity, whose powerful bodies and compelling sexuality attracted women, elicited admiration from men, and convinced skeptics of their spiritual attainments." -- Book jacket
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ER  -