RT Article
T1 Introducing the ‘female pilgrim’s gaze’ on a pilgrimage to Uman in Ukraine
JF Journal of contemporary religion
VO 40
IS 2
SP 259
OP 274
A1 Marchenko, Alla
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1935384201
AB This article employs the example of the most visited Jewish shrine in Europe today, located in Uman (Ukraine), to introduce the concept of the ‘female pilgrim’s gaze’. The research explores the characteristics of this gaze, examining to what extent they support or contest the established meanings of the Jewish pilgrimage. Particular attention is paid to five characteristics of the ‘female pilgrim’s gaze’: taking a more private view of the pilgrimage, placing an emphasis on one’s connections with other women, declaring the uniqueness of one’s own experience, emphasising inconvenience and physical hardship, framing one’s trip as ‘spiritual’. The existence of the ‘female pilgrim’s gaze’ also questions the stereotype that ‘Uman is a man’s territory’, as it sheds light on the specific relevance of the pilgrimage to Uman for women.
K1 Rebbe Nachman
K1 Hasidism
K1 Uman
K1 Jewish pilgrimage
K1 female gaze
K1 Pilgrim’s gaze
DO 10.1080/13537903.2025.2526909