Queens Without a Kingdom Worth Ruling : Buddhist Nuns and the Process of Change in Tibetan Monastic Communities

By Chandra Chiara Ehm

This book invites the reader to step through the convent's walls to explore Tibetan monastic life from the perspective of the nuns. Her ethnography offers a first-hand account of life in the nunnery, carefully calibrated within a theoretical frame to investigate the historical social aspects of monastic institutions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9937733383
• ISBN13: 9789937733380
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Vajra Books
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.9" x 10.0"