Women and Asian religions

Book 2017

The intent of this book is to focus on contemporary selected experiences of women and how their lives interface with religion. Each volume is organized according to five themes: (1) women, family, and spirit, (2) socioeconomics, politics, and authority, (3) mind, body, and spirit, (4) sexuality, power, and vulnerability; and (5) women, worldview, and religious practice.

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ISBN:

9780275991593
0275991598

Description:

xxiii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-369) and index

Contents:

Part I. Woman, Family, and Environment. Balinese Dancers on the Global Stage : Negotiating Motherhood, Religion, and Politics during the Suharto Regime / Maria Talamantes
The Holy "Mother Who Is Not a Mother" : Saradamani Chattopadhyay / Narasingha P. Sil
Crisis of Transnational Families and Restoration of a Medium's Marriage Life in Northeast Thailand / Visisya Pinthongvijayakul
Indian Women Through the Ages : Mother's Roles in Mythology, Current Practices, and Future Prospects / Lavanya Vemsani
Part II. Socioeconomics, Politics, Authority. From Secession to Social Activism : Muslim Women's Movements in the Philippines / Vivienne S.M. Angeles
Speaking Shadows to Light : Vernacular Narrative as a Vehicle for Rajasthani Female Sādhus Voicing Vulnerability and Violence / Antoinette E. DeNapoli
The Martyr Bomber Becomes a Goddess : Women, Theosis, and Sacrificial Violence in Sri Lanka / William Harman
Women of the Clouds : The Cordillera Religion and the Shaping of the Economic, Political, and Social Empowerment of Women / Jae Woo Jang
Part III. Body, Mind, and Spirit. Gender, Popular Religion, and the Politics of Memory in Taiwan's Urban Renewal : The Case of the Twenty-Five Ladies' Tomb / Anru Lee and Wen-hui Anna Tang
Shakti's New Voice : Anandmurti Gurumaa and Female Empowerment / Angela Rudert
Storytelling for Change : Women's Activism and the Theater of Pritham Chakravarthy / Kristen Rudisill
Women Living Buddhism in the West : Spiritual Practice and Daily Life / Leesa S. Davis
Part IV. Sexuality, Power, and Vulnerability. Losing Faith, Gaining Empowerment : Changing Identities of Devadasis in Karnataka, India / Nicole Aaron
A Politics of Empathy : Christianity and Women's Peace Activism in U.S. Military Prostitution in South Korea / Keun-Joo Christine Pae
Transforming Trauma : From Partition Hauntings to Post 9/11 Angst in South Asian Cinema / Khani Begum
Part V. Women, Worldview, and Religious Practice. The Virtuous Life of a Thai Buddhist Nun / Petcharat Lovichakorntikul, Phramaha Min Putthithanasombat, and John Walsh
Women in Contemporary Japanese Religious Civil Society Groups / Paola Cavaliere
From the Old Lady of the Grove to Ekatmika Bhava : Women's Mysticism, Devotion, and Possession Trance in Popular Bengali Shaktism / June McDaniel
The Rise of Female Vipassanā Meditation Teachers in Southeast Asia / Brooke Schedneck

LCCN:

2017004205

Control Number:

2628510

Other Authors:

Kassam, Zayn, editor

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