Women and Asian religions / Zayn R. Kassam, editor
- Published:
- Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2017]
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators:
- Kassam, Zayn
- Series:
- 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., Part II. Socioeconomics, Politics, Authority. From Secession to Social Activism: Muslim Women's Movements in the Philippines -- Speaking Shadows to Light: Vernacular Narrative as a Vehicle for Rajasthani Female S�adhus Voicing Vulnerability and Violence -- The Martyr Bomber Becomes a Goddess: Women, Theosis, and Sacrificial Violence in Sri Lanka -- Women of the Clouds: The Cordillera Religion and the Shaping of the Economic, Political, and Social Empowerment of Women., and Part V. Women, Worldview, and Religious Practice. The Virtuous Life of a Thai Buddhist Nun -- Women in Contemporary Japanese Religious Civil Society Groups -- From the Old Lady of the Grove to Ekatmika Bhava: Women's Mysticism, Devotion, and Possession Trance in Popular Bengali Shaktism -- The Rise of Female Vipassan�a Meditation Teachers in Southeast Asia.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780275991593 (alk. paper)
0275991598 (alk. paper)
9780313082757 - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-369) and index.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased with funds from the David G. Lashin Memorial Fund; 2017
- Endowment Note:
- David G. Lashin Memorial Fund
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