Women in Tibet: Past and Present (Paperback)

Introduction
Part I: Women in Traditional Tibet
Ladies of the Tibetan Empire (Seventh to Ninth Centuries), by Helga Uebach
The Woman Illusion? Research into the Lives of Spiritually Accomplished Women Leaders of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries, by Dan Martin
The Autobiography of a Medieval Hermitess: Orgyen Chokyi (1675-1729), by Kurtis R. Schaeffer
Part II: Modern Tibetan Women
Female Oracles in Modern Tibet, by Hildegard Diemberger
Outstanding Women in Tibetan Medicine, by Tashi Tsering
Women in the Performing Arts: Portraits of Six Singers, by Isabelle Henrion-Dourcy
The Body of a Nun: Nunhood and Gender in Contemporary Amdo, by Charlene E Makley
Women and Politics in Tibet Today, by Robert Barnett
Contributors
Appendix
Index