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 | Charming Cadavers: Horrific Figurations of the Feminine in Indian Buddhist Hagiographic Literature (Women in Culture and Society) (Updated Edition) by Liz Wilson Paperback, 276 Pages, Published 1996 ISBN-10: 0-226-90054-1 / 0226900541 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-90054-4 / 9780226900544 In this highly original study of sexuality, desire, the body, and women, Liz Wilson investigates first-millennium Buddhist notions of spirituality. She argues that despite the marginal role women played in monastic life, they occupied a very conspicuous place in Buddhist hagiographic literature. In | |