Gendering Chinese religion : subject, identity, and body /

A gender-critical consideration of women and religion in Chinese traditions from medieval to modern times. Gendering Chinese Religion marks the emergence of a subfield on women, gender, and religion in China studies. Ranging from the medieval period to the present day, this volume departs from the c...

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Beste egile batzuk: Jia, Jinhua (Argitaratzailea)
Formatua: Licensed eBooks
Hizkuntza:ingelesa
Argitaratua: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2014.
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.18252347
Aurkibidea:
  • Tang women in the transformation of Buddhist filiality / Ping Yao
  • Writing oneself into the tradition: the autobiographical sermon of Chan Master Jizong Xingche (b. 1606) / Beata Grant
  • Making religion, making the new woman: reading Su Xuelin's autobiographical novel Jixin (Thorny Heart) / Zhange Ni
  • The identity of Tan Daoist priestesses / Jinhua Jia
  • Revisiting White-haired Girl: women, gender and religion in Communist revolutionary propaganda / Xiaofei Kang
  • Negotiating between two patriarchies: Chinese Christian women in postcolonial Hong Kong / Wai Ching Angela Wong
  • Birthing the self: metaphor and tranformation in Medieval Daoism / Gil Raz
  • Female alchemy: transformation of a gendered body / Elena Valussi
  • A religious menopausal ritual: changing body, identity, and values / Neky Tak-ching Cheung.