Techniques of Death: Buddhist Practice, Femininity and Self-Cultivation at the Last Stage of Life in Vietnam
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This article explores how death is conceptualised by elderly lay Buddhist women in Hồ Chí Minh City (Vietnam). It explores the traits of a ‘good death’ which elderly laywomen wish to experience, and their dedicated practice of Buddhism to prepare themselves for a peaceful end stage of life. This article contends that, in fact, women’s perceptions of death speak to their desires to live a life with dignity and retain their full personhood and nurturing femininity which they have embodied...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Hoang Anh Thu, Le | |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-05T04:15:38Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1444-2213 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/114494 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article explores how death is conceptualised by elderly lay Buddhist women in Hồ Chí Minh City (Vietnam). It explores the traits of a ‘good death’ which elderly laywomen wish to experience, and their dedicated practice of Buddhism to prepare themselves for a peaceful end stage of life. This article contends that, in fact, women’s perceptions of death speak to their desires to live a life with dignity and retain their full personhood and nurturing femininity which they have embodied throughout their adult lives even until their last moments. They pursue devotional practices to train their body and mind in order to prepare themselves for the critical moment of dying, believing that these self-cultivating practices will enable them to transcend physical suffering and mental confusion, and immediately move on to the next, better life. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the School of Culture, History and Language, Australian National University under Research and Professional Development Funding; and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government under Australia Awards. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | |
dc.rights | © 2017 The Australian National University | |
dc.source | The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology | |
dc.subject | Buddhism | |
dc.subject | Vietnam | |
dc.subject | Aging | |
dc.subject | End Stage of Life | |
dc.subject | Good Death | |
dc.title | Techniques of Death: Buddhist Practice, Femininity and Self-Cultivation at the Last Stage of Life in Vietnam | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 18 | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
local.publisher.url | http://www.routledge.com/ | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Department of Anthropology, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 2 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 149 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 164 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1080/14442213.2016.1269832 | |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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