REL 41.07 Buddhism, Sexuality, & Gender in Southeast Asia

This intermediate-level course explores how Buddhist concepts of embodiment affect daily life and society in Southeast Asian contexts. We will also consider how cultural understandings of gender and sexuality influence local religious practices in the Buddhist-majority countries of Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar. Our materials will lead us to analyze how religion, sexuality, and gender intersect with one another, as well as how these intersections impact broader understandings of authority, wisdom, beauty, death, and loyalty.

Instructor

Swenson

Cross Listed Courses

ASCL 51.06

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:TMV; WCult:NW

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Offered

• Spring