A NAME OF OUR OWN: Subaltern Women's Perspectives on Gender and Religion
Even early in human social organization, women had primacy of place in the religious consciousness and practice. Their role as progenitors and mothers - giving birth and nurture, as producers and gatherers - cooking, weaving, livestock rearing, and as early agriculturists and horticulturists clearly...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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Journal of Dharma
Year: 2011, Volume: 36, Issue: 4, Pages: 419-434 |
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Subaltern Women
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| Summary: | Even early in human social organization, women had primacy of place in the religious consciousness and practice. Their role as progenitors and mothers - giving birth and nurture, as producers and gatherers - cooking, weaving, livestock rearing, and as early agriculturists and horticulturists clearly gave them an edge as functioning parts of human society. At a time when there was only a rudimentary understanding of reproduction the fact that women gave birth and nurtured the babies perhaps engendered a sense of awe. Thus religious practice in almost every primitive community has women in important roles - as priestesses, even objects of worship. The fertility cults, of course, celebrate women and their fertility. |
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| ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
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