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Making Fields of Merit: Buddhist Female Ascetics and Gendered Orders in Thailand(Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dial)

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Religion plays a central role in Thai society with Buddhism intertwined in the daily lives of the people. Religion also plays an important role in establishing gender boundaries. The growth in recent decades of self-governing nunneries and the increasing interest of Thai women in a Buddhist monastic life are notable changes in the religion/gender dynamic. This anthropological study considers religion and gender relations through the lens of the lives, actions, and roles in Thai society of Buddhist nuns (mae chii). Making Fields of Merit presents a unique ethnography of Thai Buddhist nuns, examines what it implies to be a female ascetic in contemporary Thailand, and analyzes how the ordained state for women fits into the wider gender patterns found in Thai society. The study also deals with the nuns' agency in creating religious space and authority for women. It raises questions about how the position of Thai Buddhist nuns outside the Buddhist sangha affects their religious legitimacy and describes recent moves to restore a Theravada order of female monks.

Table of Contents:
Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction. Buddhist female ascetics in Thai society 2. Gender orders and gendering renunciation - past and present 3. Themes of going forth 4. Transcending the lay realm 5. Mai chii communities and the making of a mai chii 6. Gender and the fields of merit 7. A religious field in transition 8. Mai chiis' quest for education 9. Struggles for legal recognition 10. Summary and conclusions Glossary Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Monica Lindberg Falk is a research fellow at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies at Lund University in Sweden. Her work focuses on gender, religion, and social change in Thailand.

Review :
"The book is an excellent introduction for students and those who are interested in gaining further insight into the religious experiences of Buddhist women and nuns in Thailand. It is also sympathetically written reflecting the deep affection the author has for her informants whose life as Buddhist female renunicants is by no means easy, as we analyse and objectify their daily struggle from comfortable chairs." (Aseasuk News) "Making Fields of Merit is a fascinating study of the Thai mae chiis and will undoubtedly become required reading for anyone interested in Thai Buddhism or female Buddhist asceticism." (Journal of Buddhist Ethics)


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  • ISBN-13: 9780295987262
  • Publisher: University of Washington Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Washington Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Series Title: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dial
  • Weight: 431 gr
  • ISBN-10: 029598726X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Apr 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dial
  • Sub Title: Buddhist Female Ascetics and Gendered Orders in Thailand
  • Width: 152 mm


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