Gender and Religion: Caroline Walker Bynum. Beacon Press. 1st Ed. 1986

Description: Spine and binding tight. Spine is flat & straight. Hard cover shows as flat, with no wear, no damage and shows slight color fade. Dust jacket shows wear at top, see pic. No writing or markings. Pages clean/flat w/no damage. Contents:Introduction : the complexity of symbols / Caroline Walker Bynumpt. 1.Gender as culturally constructed meaning: Iranian sofreh : from collective to female ritual / Laal Jamzadeh and Margaret MillsAmbiguous gender : male initiation in a northern Thai Buddhist society / Charles F. KeyesMen, women, and ghosts in Tainwanese folk religion / Stevan HarrellThe priesthood and motherhood in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints / Carolyn M. Wallacept. 2.Gender as polysemic symbol: The portrayal of a female renouncer in a Tamil Buddhist text / Paula RichmanGender and cosmology in Chinese correlative thinking / Alison H. BlackUses of gender imagery in ancient Gnostic texts / Michael A. Williamspt. 3.Gender as point-of-view: Images of gender in the poetry of Krishna / John Stratton Hawley" ... And woman his humanity" : female imagery in the religious writing of the later Middle Ages / Caroline Walker BynumMale and female perspectives on a psychoanalytic myth / John E. Toews. Gender and Religion: On the Complexity of Symbols Hardcover – January 1, 1986by Caroline Walker Bynum (Other Contributor), Paula Richman (Other Contributor), Stevan Harrell (Other Contributor) Publisher ‏ : ‎ Beacon Press; First Edition, First Printing (January 1, 1986)Language ‏ : ‎ EnglishHardcover ‏ : ‎ 326 pagesISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0807010081ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0807010082 We combine shipping on multiple book orders automatically unless instructed otherwise. If you are unable to "Request Invoice", simply buy all books outright and we will refund shipping overage via Paypal once postage has been printed. We combine shipping via USPS Media Mail. Postage price is calculated by weight.Terminology that may be used in this description:Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former owner, of a book. Most often bookplates are affixed to the endpaper of a book.Bump: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.Deckle Edge: Deckle edge is the feathered edge of a page. Traditionally and historically, this was a side effect of the process of making paper.Dust Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a bookEx-library: A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped Markings, and other typical indications of the library's use.Foxing: Or, Foxed is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process happens to the paper in a book it is referred to as "foxed".Remainder Mark: A remainder marked book is just that - a mark to the page edges of a book. This mark is placed on the page edges by a publisher as books are returned from bookstores or sold to discounters.Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.Shelf Sear: (shelving wear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf.Soiled: Generally, refers to minor discoloration or staining.

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