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Women and Asian religions / Zayn R. Kassam, editor.

Contributor(s): Kassam, Zayn [editor.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Women and religion in the world: Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: xxiii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780275991593; 0275991598Subject(s): Women and religion -- AsiaDDC classification: 200.82/095 LOC classification: BL458 | .W5623 2017Bibliography, Etc. Note: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BL458 .W5623 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903532790

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-369) and index.

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.

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