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| Buddhist Way of Old Age and Women's Life Course in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) | ||
| 作者 | Hoang, Anh Thu Le (著) |
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| 出處題名 | The Australian Journal of Anthropology (TAJA) |
| 卷期 | v.31 n.3 |
| 出版日期 | 2020.12 |
| 頁次 | 319 - 332 |
| 出版者 | Australian Anthropological Society |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.aas.asn.au/ |
| 出版地 | Canberra, Australia [坎培拉, 澳洲] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | Buddhism; gendered roles; karmic debt; transition into old age; Vietnamese women |
| 摘要 | This paper explores the interweaving of Buddhist practice, old age and women's gendered roles in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Given Vietnamese gendered norms that emphasise women's lifelong attachment and responsiblity to their families, this paper shows that Buddhist practice is a way of life in old age for women. Old age is a time in life when one continues to hone relational personhood and negotiate between gendered roles at home and individual self-cultivating practice. Inspired by Sarah Lamb's (White Saris and Sweet Mangoes: Aging, Gender, and Body in North India. Berkeley: University of California Press; 2000) discussion on entanglement and disentanglement in West Bengali women's old age, this paper shows that Vietnamese women draw on the Buddhist notion of 'karmic debt' to define the boundary of their household duties. With the Buddhist Way, old age is not merely a continuing devotion to the family, it is a time marked by both self- and family-nurturing. |
| 目次 | Abstract 319 1. Introduction 319 2. When Old Age Begins 322 3. Karmic Debt: Reconceptualising Life with Family 232 4. The Buddhist Way 325 5. The Middle Path 328 6. Conclusion 329 Acknowledgement 330 ORCID 330 Endnotes 330 References 330 |
| ISSN | 10358811 (P); 17576547 (E) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/taja.12373 |
| 點閱次數 | 42 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.08.09 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.08.10 |
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