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Women and Indigenous Religions

Editat de Sylvia Marcos, Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan, Lillian Ashcraft-Eason, Karen Jo Torjesen
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 iun 2010 – vârsta până la 17 ani
This book examines the critical and often undervalued contributions of women to the culture, well-being, and subsistence of their communities as active, powerful, and wise ritual specialists.From the Dalit midwives in India to the women of the Nahua region in the state of Morelos, Mexico, from the indigenous nations in Turtle Island in Canada to the shamans (male and female) of South Korea and Vietnam, there are still many vital indigenous cultures around the world in which women often hold positions of religious authority and leadership.Women and Indigenous Religions addresses specific issues in the study of religion, such as the multifaceted tensions between indigenous traditions and gender and the genealogy of positions of authority in religion or spiritual matters. A close examination reveals that native religions, with their women specialists, are still a source of inspiration for millions of men and women even in the "advanced" areas in the world. This fact challenges the opinion that indigenous cultures are becoming extinct.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780275991579
ISBN-10: 0275991571
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Coverage includes local practices in countries as diverse as Australia, Peru, India, Mexico, South Korea, Vietnam, Chile, Canada, and Guatemala

Notă biografică

Sylvia Marcos, PhD, researches, teaches, and publishes on gender issues in ancient and contemporary Mesoamerica.

Cuprins

Introduction: Perspectives of Indigenous Religious Traditions from the Americas, Asia, and AustraliaPart I. Women, Family, and Environment1. Ngarrindjeri Women's Stories: Kungun and YunnanDiane Bell2. Feminine Rituality and the Spirit of the Water in PeruFrédérique Apffel-MarglinPart II. Socioeconomics, Politics, and Authority3. Indigenous Spirituality, Gender, and the Politics of Justice: Voices from the First Summit of Indigenous Women of the AmericasSylvia Marcos4. Authority and Ritual in the Caves of Tepoztlán, Mexico: Women Priestesses in Popular ReligionAna María Salazar PeraltaPart III. Body, Mind, and Spirit5. Dressing up the Spirits: Costumes, Cross-Dressing, and Incarnation in Korea and VietnamLaurel Kendall and Hien Thi Nguyen6. Women and Sacred Medicines among the Khasis in the Highlands of Northeast IndiaDarilyn Syiem7. The Not-So-Subtle Body in Dais' Birth ImageryJanet ChawlaPart IV. Sexuality, Power, and Vulnerability8. Ritual Gendered Relationships: Kinship, Marriage, Mastery, and Machi Modes of PersonhoodAna Mariella Bacigalupo9. Sexuality and Ritual: Indigenous Women Recreating Their Identities in Contemporary MexicoNuvia Balderrama VaraPart V. Women, World view, and Religious Practice10. Drawing the Connections: Mayan Women's Quest for a Gendered SpiritualityMorna Macleod11. Decolonizing our Spirits: Cultural Knowledge and Indigenous HealingRenee LinklaterSuggested ReadingAbout the Editor and ContributorsIndex