Gendering Chinese religion: subject, identity, and body
A gender-critical consideration of women and religion in Chinese traditions from medieval to modern times.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Albany
State University of New York Press
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Religion
/ Woman
B China / Religion / Sexual identity |
| Further subjects: | B
Taoist women -- China -- Congresses
B Electronic books B Conference program 2011 (Macau) B Conference program B Taoist women (China) Congresses |
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Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | A gender-critical consideration of women and religion in Chinese traditions from medieval to modern times. Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Development of the Field -- Revisiting Women, Gender, and Religion in China -- Problems and Prospects -- Notes -- Part I. Restoring Female Religiosity and Subjectivity -- 1. Tang Women in the Transformation of Buddhist Filiality -- Introduction -- The Manifestation of Buddhist Filiality in Medieval China -- Filial Buddhist Daughters -- The Mother's Role in Defining Buddhist Filiality -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2. Writing Oneself into the Tradition: The Autobiographical Sermon of Chan Master Jizong Xingche (b. 1606) -- The Context: Women Monastics in the Seventeenth-Century Revival of Linji Chan -- Woman Chan Master Jizong Xingche and Her Autobiographical Sermon -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- 3. Making Religion, Making the New Woman: Reading Su Xuelin's Autobiographical Novel Jixin (Thorny Heart) -- Introduction -- Mother-Daughter Love: "Feudal" Burden or Alternative Nationalism? -- Whose Catholicism? Whose Confucianism? Whose Religion? -- The "Woman Question" and the Dissenting Voice of Su Xuelin -- (Women) (Re)Making Religion in Modern China -- Notes -- Part II. Redefining Identity and Tradition -- 4. The Identity of Tang Daoist Priestesses -- Introduction -- Sexual Practice in Daoist Tradition and the Changing of Gender Relations -- The Cult of Erotic Goddesses and the Self-Empowerment of Daoist Priestesses -- Educational Level and Socioeconomic Status of Tang Daoist Priestesses -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- 5. Revisiting White-haired Girl: Women, Gender, and Religion in Communist Revolutionary Propaganda -- Introduction -- A Brief History of White-haired Girl -- From Anti-Superstition to National Myth -- From a Goddess to a Ghost -- Gender and Religion in Xi'er's Salvation. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISBN: | 1438453094 9781438453095 |
