Mourning the unborn dead a Buddhist ritual comes to America
Wilson discusses how Asian immigrants, convert Buddhists pro-life and pro-choice activists, and ordinary women have imported Japanese rituals to deal with one of the most divisive public issues in American society: abortion. He analyses the implications of these varied appropriations for the America...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2009, c2009
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Wilson discusses how Asian immigrants, convert Buddhists pro-life and pro-choice activists, and ordinary women have imported Japanese rituals to deal with one of the most divisive public issues in American society: abortion. He analyses the implications of these varied appropriations for the Americanisation of Buddhism |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 260 p. ill |
| ISBN: | 9780199870967 0199870969 |