Power and Agency in the Lives of Contemporary Tibetan Nuns - An Intersectional Study - Mitra Härkönen
6. Finding a Place to Stay
Power and Agency in the Lives of Contemporary Tibetan Nuns - An Intersectional Study - Mitra Härkönen
Mitra Härkönen [+]
University of Helsinki
Mitra Härkönen is a researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Description
Many of the nuns I interviewed had taken considerable measures to become a nun. Some had escaped home or Tibet in order to be a nun and many had struggled to search for a place they could dedicate their lives to religious pursuits. The chapter discusses these obstacles.