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| Facets of Motherhood Visualized in Sri Lankan Temple Murals | ||
| 作者 | Karunarathna, Dulma (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies |
| 卷期 | v.16 |
| 出版日期 | 2021 |
| 頁次 | 115 - 169 |
| 出版者 | Nalanda College of Buddhist Studies |
| 出版者網址 | http://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cjbs |
| 出版地 | Toronto, Canada [多倫多, 加拿大] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 摘要 | The obscured role of women in Sri Lankan archaeological historiography has portrayed a false impression to contemporary society, that women in history were not socially engaged and remained in the background. This study unveils the image of women and offers alternative explanations that contextualize the female in eighteenth through twentieth century Sri Lanka. The mural paintings that embellished the Sri Lankan Buddhist temples in the period were examined as primary sources for a comparative study. Mural paintings provide a rich multi-vocality created by different artists from different localities including urban, suburban, and rural settings and they evoke diverse social attitudes which determined and prescribed the social behaviour of women. The concept of motherhood, which has generally been assigned to women in many different cultures around the world for centuries, is emphasized in Sri Lankan murals, and the presence of plentiful figures of women in the act of breast-feeding is also remarkable. Mural depictions suggest that men were also directly involved in child-rearing as a shared responsibility, and this visual evidence is corroborated by contemporary textual sources and folk literature. The caring, affectionate, sensitive, mothering qualities of women are constantly highlighted. The artists of the temple murals arrogated the historical themes into their contemporary social contexts and attempted to perpetuate the ideal role of Buddhist women through their visual expressions. With this agenda, the artists weighted and valued the role of mother, who has a boundless compassion, selfless care and the nurturing qualities towards the family in general and towards her offspring in particular. |
| 目次 | Introduction 116 The Role of Mother 119 The Beginning of Next Generation 120 Breast Feeding Mothers: More Than the Water in the Four Great Oceans 121 Child-Rearing: A Mother’s Responsibility? 125 Wet-Nurses or Milk Mothers (Kiri Ammā) 128 Mother’s Affection Towards the Child 133 Death or Loss of the Child 134 Praying for Life of the Child 136 Conclusion 138 |
| ISSN | 1710825X (P); 17108268 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 108 |
| 建檔日期 | 2022.03.10 |
| 更新日期 | 2022.11.22 |
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