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OverviewConsideration of children in the academic field of Religious Studies is taking root, but Buddhist Studies has yet to take notice. Little Buddhas brings together a wide range of scholarship and expertise to address the question of what role children have played in Buddhist literature, in particular historical contexts, and what role they continue to play in specific Buddhist contexts today. The volume is divided into two parts, one addressing the representation of children in Buddhist texts, the other children and childhoods in Buddhist cultures around the world. The ground-breaking contributions in this volume challenge the perception of irreconcilable differences between Buddhist idealism and family ties. Little Buddhas will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars of Buddhism and Childhood Studies, and a catalyst for further research on the topic. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Vanessa R. Sasson (Professor of Religious Studies, Professor of Religious Studies, Marianopolis College)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.826kg ISBN: 9780199945610ISBN 10: 0199945616 Pages: 552 Publication Date: 06 December 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsContributors Introduction: Charting New Territory: Children and Childhoods in Buddhist Texts and Traditions - Vanessa R. Sasson Part One: Children and Childhoods in Buddhist Texts Chapter One: A New Hat for Hariti: On ''Giving'' Children for their Protection to Buddhist Monks and Nuns in Early India - Gregory Schopen Chapter Two: Scarecrows, Upasakas, Fetuses, and Other Child Monastics in Middle Period Indian Buddhism - Amy Paris Langenberg Chapter Three: The Buddha's ''Childhood'': The Foundation for the Great Departure - Vanessa R. Sasson Chapter Four: The Inheritance of Rahula: Abandoned Child, Boy Monk, Ideal Son, and Trainee - Kate Crosby Chapter Five: The Precocious Child in Chinese Buddhism - Miriam Levering Chapter Six: Picturing Childhood in Chinese Buddhism: The Sujati Jataka in Text and Image - Winston Kyan Chapter Seven: ''What Children Need'': Making Childhood with Technologies of Protection and Healing - Frances Garrett Chapter Eight: Picturing Buddhism: Nurturing Buddhist Worldviews through Children's Books - Karen Derris Part Two: Children and Childhoods in Buddhist Traditions Chapter Nine: Ordination (Pabbajja) as Going Forth?: Social Bonds and the Making of a Buddhist Monastic - Jeffrey Samuels Chapter Ten: Monk and Boy: Becoming a Novice in Contemporary Sipsongpanna - Thomas Borchert Chapter Eleven: Buddhism as a Vehicle for Girls' Safety and Education in Thailand - Monica Lindberg Falk Chapter Twelve: Superheroes and Slapstick: New Media and the Teaching of Buddhist Children in Thailand - Justin McDaniel Chapter Thirteen: Once We Were...: Former Child Nuns in Taiwan Reflecting Back - Wei-Yi Cheng Chapter Fourteen: Zen-Boy Ikkyu - Melissa Anne-Marie Curley Chapter Fifteen: Marrying the ''Thought Of Enlightenment'': The Multivalency of Girls' Symbolic Marriage Rites in the Newar Buddhist Community of Kathmandu, Nepal - Todd Lewis & Christoph Emmrich Chapter Sixteen: Children in Himalayan Monasteries - Karma Lekshe Tsomo Chapter Seventeen: The Westernization of Tulkus - Elijah Ary Chapter Eighteen: ''Give Me My Inheritance'': Western Buddhists Raising Buddhist Children - Kristin Scheible Chapter Nineteen: Young Lord Maitreya: The Curious Case of Jiddu Krishnamurti - Hillary Rodrigues Bibliography IndexReviews<br> Vanessa Sasson's Little Buddhas is a brilliant and engaging work in an emerging area of study: Buddhism and childhood studies. Written by leading scholars, the nineteen articles here explore ideas about childhood, textual representations of children, together with the actual lives of children throughout the history and diversity of Buddhist traditions. This volume challenges common assumptions about Buddhism in provocative ways, and should be a classic for years to come. --Carol S. Anderson, Professor and Chair of the Department of Religion, Kalamazoo College<p><br> Vanessa Sasson's Little Buddhas is a brilliant and engaging work in an emerging area of study: Buddhism and childhood studies. Written by leading scholars, the nineteen articles here explore ideas about childhood, textual representations of children, together with the actual lives of children throughout the history and diversity of Buddhist traditions. This volume challenges common assumptions about Buddhism in provocative ways, and should be a classic for years to come. --Carol S. Anderson, Professor and Chair of the Department of Religion, Kalamazoo College Vanessa Sasson's Little Buddhas is a brilliant and engaging work in an emerging area of study: Buddhism and childhood studies. Written by leading scholars, the nineteen articles here explore ideas about childhood, textual representations of children, together with the actual lives of children throughout the history and diversity of Buddhist traditions. This volume challenges common assumptions about Buddhism in provocative ways, and should be a classic for years to come. * Carol S. Anderson, Professor and Chair of the Department of Religion, Kalamazoo College * Vanessa Sasson's Little Buddhas is a brilliant and engaging work in an emerging area of study: Buddhism and childhood studies. Written by leading scholars, the nineteen articles here explore ideas about childhood, textual representations of children, together with the actual lives of children throughout the history and diversity of Buddhist traditions. This volume challenges common assumptions about Buddhism in provocative ways, and should be a classic for years to come. Carol S. Anderson, Professor and Chair of the Department of Religion, Kalamazoo College Author InformationVanessa R. Sasson is Professor of Religious Studies at Marianopolis College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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