Female Agency in an Argentinian Spiritual Movement: An Ethnographic Approach to Female Trajectories in Llave Mariana
This paper aims to show the empowerment processes that different members of the group known as "Llave Mariana" experienced due to the incorporation of a new cosmology and the everyday practice of their healing rituals. Taking theoretical tools from gender theory, especially from feminist a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2024
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International journal of Latin American religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 248-260 |
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Ethnography
B Spirituality B New Age B Artificial Intelligence B Gender |
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| Summary: | This paper aims to show the empowerment processes that different members of the group known as "Llave Mariana" experienced due to the incorporation of a new cosmology and the everyday practice of their healing rituals. Taking theoretical tools from gender theory, especially from feminist anthropology, I analyze the self-transformations that these women have undergone in their life trajectories. The first section accounts for the circumstances under which they have leaned toward a spiritual path. The second section explores the native notion of femininity and how it is influenced by a Marian maternal role model. Finally, I analyze how these spiritual experiences—and the empowerment processes they entailed—have concrete effects on the way these women live and feel. For the methodological approach, I implemented a combined perspective combining virtual ethnography techniques with traditional fieldwork resources, primarily participant observation and semi-structured interviews. Most of the fieldwork was conducted in initiations where the participants are taught the core doctrinal aspects of the movement, some healing techniques, and particular meditation routines. For this article, I focus on a group of women living in a working-class neighborhood in La Matanza district (located in Buenos Aires’ suburban area) and who in some cases live in underprivileged circumstances. |
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| ISSN: | 2509-9965 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of Latin American religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s41603-024-00229-w |