Spirited Women
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Author(s)Joanne C. Watkins
PublisherColumbia University Press
ISBN / ASIN0231102151
ISBN-139780231102155
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Sales Rank2,153,453
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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This is the study of a small group of Tibetan Buddhists called the Nyishangba who have maintained an egalitarian culture, where women own land and have equal rights, including in social and religious institutions, and where the usual subordination of women does not appear to occur.