レ ホアン アン トゥー   LE Hoang Anh Thu    所属   立命館アジア太平洋大学  アジア太平洋学部    職種   准教授
言語種別	英語
発行・発表の年月	2017/02/19
形態種別	論文（学術誌・プロフェショナル誌）
査読	査読あり
標題	Techniques of Death: Buddhist Practice, Femininity and Self-Cultivation at the Last Stage of Life in Vietnam
執筆形態	単著
掲載誌名	The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology (The Australian National University)
掲載区分	国外
出版社・発行元	The Australian National University
巻・号・頁	18(2),pp.149-164
総ページ数	16
著者・共著者	LE Hoang Anh Thu
概要	This article explores how death is conceptualized by elderly lay Buddhist women in Ho Chi 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. It shows that Vietnamese elderly women wish to 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. They believe that these self-cultivating practices will enable them to transcend physical suffering and mental confusion of dying, and immediately move on to the next, better life.
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/14442213.2016.1269832
ISBN	1740-9314
ISSN	1444-2213