A Bull of a Man : : Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism / / John Powers.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Powers, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2012]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. The Ultimate Man --; 2. A Manly Monk --; 3. Sex and the Single Monk --; 4. The Problem with Bodies --; 5. The Company of Men --; 6. The Greater Men of the Greater Vehicle --; 7. Adepts and Sorcerers --; 8. Conclusion: Oversights and Insights --; Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index --; Appendix 1: The Major and Minor Physical Characteristics of a Great Man --; Appendix 2: Epithets of the Buddha --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674054431; 9783110649772; 9783110442205; 9783110459517; 9783110662566
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674054431
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John Powers.

The androgynous, asexual Buddha of contemporary popular imagination stands in stark contrast to the muscular, virile, and sensual figure presented in Indian Buddhist texts. In this groundbreaking study of previously unexplored aspects of the early Buddhist tradition, John Powers skillfully adapts methodological approaches from European and North American historiography to the study of early Buddhist literature, art, and iconography, highlighting aspects of the tradition that have been surprisingly invisible in earlier scholarship.