The Changing Social and Religious Role of Buddhist Nuns in Myanmar:
A case study of two nunneries (1948-2010)

By Mo Mo Thant

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social welfare activities conducted by nuns in Myanmar enhance their social and religious capital

I examine this change with the example of the Shwemyintzu nunnery founded in 1993 in the legacy of Daw Nyanacari.

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Published in 2020 in “Southeast Asian Transformations: Urban and Rural Developments in the 21st Century” (Sandra Kurfürst and Stefanie Wehner ed.) by Transcript Verlag.

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@inproceedings{thant-mo-mo2020-changing-social-and-religious-role-of,
    title={{T}he {C}hanging {S}ocial and {R}eligious {R}ole of {B}uddhist {N}uns in {M}yanmar: {A} case study of two nunneries (1948-2010)},
    author={Mo Mo Thant},
    booktitle={Southeast Asian Transformations: Urban and Rural Developments in the 21st Century},
    editor={Sandra Kurfürst and Stefanie Wehner},
    publisher={Transcript Verlag},
    year=2020,
    month=dec,
    pages={259--272},
    chapter=15,
    keywords={burmese,nuns,modern},
    doi={10.1515/9783839451717-016},
    openalex_id={W4252103378},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783839451717-016/html}
}

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