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A Bull of A Man (Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism)

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Item Code: UAQ202
Publisher: Dev Publishers And Distributors
Author: John Powers
Language: English
Edition: 2012
ISBN: 9788192075297
Pages: 320
Cover: HARDCOVER
Other Details 9.50 X 6.50 inch
Weight 660 gm
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About the Book
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." He is both the scholarly, religiously inclined brahman and the warrior ruler who excels in martial arts, athletic pursuits, and sexual exploits, the Buddha effortlessly performs these dual roles, combining his society's norms for ideal manhood and creating a powerful image taken up by later followers in promoting their tradition in a hotly contested religious marketplace.

In this groundbreaking study of previously unexplored aspects of the early Buddhist tradition, John Power 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.

Preface
In recent decades, scholars have begun to pay increasing attention to the socially constructed nature of gender identities. Social scientists have been at the forefront of studies of gender roles and of the psychological consequences for those who try to abide by them. At the same time, interest in discourses relating to the body and sexuality has increased among historians, and a number of excellent studies of varying attitudes toward such matters have been pub lished. Most of these relate to Western societies, and exploration of gendered histories in Asia is still a relatively new field of inquiry.

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