A bull of a man: images of masculinity, sex, and the body in Indian Buddhism
"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 h...
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| Summary: | "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. |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XII, 320 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780674033290 |
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CONTENTS
PREFACE IX
1 THE ULTIMATE MAN /
2 A MANLY MONK 24
3 SEX AND THE SINGLE MONK 6J
4 THE PROBLEM WITH BODIES 112
5 THE COMPANY OF MEN 141
6 THE GREATER MEN OF THE GREATER VEHICLE 164
7 ADEPTS AND SORCERERS 20}
8 CONCLUSION: OVERSIGHTS AND INSIGHTS 226
APPENDIX 1: THE MAJOR AND MINOR PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A GREAT MAN
235
APPENDIX 2: EPITHETS OF THE BUDDHA 241
NOTES 24S
BIBLIOGRAPHY 297
INDEX }I}
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