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Emergent Dharma Asian American Feminist Buddhists on Practice, Identity, and Resistance
An essential critique of American Buddhismâ11 Asian American women reclaim a vibrant feminist Dharma against whitewashing, patriarchy, and model-minority stereotypes
Mainstream American Buddhism is often portrayed through a narrow, problematic lens: a group of mostly white converts sits on cushions. Eyes closed, blissed out, serenely meditatingâthis is Buddhism made passive and patriarchal, scrubbed of the rich complexities, myriad expressions, historical nuances, and creative ways of being that animate the living, beating heart of feminist Asian American Buddhism.
This book is an overdue correction to whitewashed American ideas of the dharma. Editor Sharon Suh, PhD, offers a first-of-its-kind anthology that pushes back against patriarchal appropriation, orientalized stereotypes, and the idea that Buddhism means meditationâŠand meditation only. The bookâs 11 essays offer a richer, more dynamic vision of Buddhist spirituality. Each asks into vital questions like:
Each essay helps the reader question dominant narratives, wrestle with ambivalence and authenticity, or explore creative expressions of Buddhist spirituality. Together, the 11 writers offer an invitation into the anxieties, joys, struggles, disavowals, and desires that shape their relationship to the dharmaâand they expand the category of Buddhist life and practice in a timely, necessary reclamation.
Mainstream American Buddhism is often portrayed through a narrow, problematic lens: a group of mostly white converts sits on cushions. Eyes closed, blissed out, serenely meditatingâthis is Buddhism made passive and patriarchal, scrubbed of the rich complexities, myriad expressions, historical nuances, and creative ways of being that animate the living, beating heart of feminist Asian American Buddhism.
This book is an overdue correction to whitewashed American ideas of the dharma. Editor Sharon Suh, PhD, offers a first-of-its-kind anthology that pushes back against patriarchal appropriation, orientalized stereotypes, and the idea that Buddhism means meditationâŠand meditation only. The bookâs 11 essays offer a richer, more dynamic vision of Buddhist spirituality. Each asks into vital questions like:
- Must we meditate? Can other actsâpracticing martial arts, performing Japanese tea ceremonies, attuning to the spirit world, visiting cemeteries, hand-making objectsâoffer new relationships to the dharma?
- What does it mean to be a âBad Buddhist Auntieâ who teaches new generations as an imperfect ancestor? Or to be a feminist killjoy who sees Buddhism as a means of healing the wounds of marginalization?
- How can we live withânot in ignorance ofâBuddhismâs own history of driving state violence?
- What do we owe our parentsâespecially our mothers, to whom we are karmically bound?
- And how can Buddhism teach us not only about obedience, but about self-love?
Each essay helps the reader question dominant narratives, wrestle with ambivalence and authenticity, or explore creative expressions of Buddhist spirituality. Together, the 11 writers offer an invitation into the anxieties, joys, struggles, disavowals, and desires that shape their relationship to the dharmaâand they expand the category of Buddhist life and practice in a timely, necessary reclamation.
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An essential critique of American Buddhismâ11 Asian American women reclaim a vibrant feminist Dharma against whitewashing, patriarchy, and model-minority stereotypes
Mainstream American Buddhism is often portrayed through a narrow, problematic lens: a group of mostly white converts sits on cushions. Eyes closed, blissed out, serenely meditatingâthis is Buddhism made passive and patriarchal, scrubbed of the rich complexities, myriad expressions, historical nuances, and creative ways of being that animate the living, beating heart of feminist Asian American Buddhism.
This book is an overdue correction to whitewashed American ideas of the dharma. Editor Sharon Suh, PhD, offers a first-of-its-kind anthology that pushes back against patriarchal appropriation, orientalized stereotypes, and the idea that Buddhism means meditationâŠand meditation only. The bookâs 11 essays offer a richer, more dynamic vision of Buddhist spirituality. Each asks into vital questions like:
Each essay helps the reader question dominant narratives, wrestle with ambivalence and authenticity, or explore creative expressions of Buddhist spirituality. Together, the 11 writers offer an invitation into the anxieties, joys, struggles, disavowals, and desires that shape their relationship to the dharmaâand they expand the category of Buddhist life and practice in a timely, necessary reclamation.
Mainstream American Buddhism is often portrayed through a narrow, problematic lens: a group of mostly white converts sits on cushions. Eyes closed, blissed out, serenely meditatingâthis is Buddhism made passive and patriarchal, scrubbed of the rich complexities, myriad expressions, historical nuances, and creative ways of being that animate the living, beating heart of feminist Asian American Buddhism.
This book is an overdue correction to whitewashed American ideas of the dharma. Editor Sharon Suh, PhD, offers a first-of-its-kind anthology that pushes back against patriarchal appropriation, orientalized stereotypes, and the idea that Buddhism means meditationâŠand meditation only. The bookâs 11 essays offer a richer, more dynamic vision of Buddhist spirituality. Each asks into vital questions like:
- Must we meditate? Can other actsâpracticing martial arts, performing Japanese tea ceremonies, attuning to the spirit world, visiting cemeteries, hand-making objectsâoffer new relationships to the dharma?
- What does it mean to be a âBad Buddhist Auntieâ who teaches new generations as an imperfect ancestor? Or to be a feminist killjoy who sees Buddhism as a means of healing the wounds of marginalization?
- How can we live withânot in ignorance ofâBuddhismâs own history of driving state violence?
- What do we owe our parentsâespecially our mothers, to whom we are karmically bound?
- And how can Buddhism teach us not only about obedience, but about self-love?
Each essay helps the reader question dominant narratives, wrestle with ambivalence and authenticity, or explore creative expressions of Buddhist spirituality. Together, the 11 writers offer an invitation into the anxieties, joys, struggles, disavowals, and desires that shape their relationship to the dharmaâand they expand the category of Buddhist life and practice in a timely, necessary reclamation.
