Bodied mindfulness : women's spirits, bodies, and places / Winnie Tomm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tomm, Winnie, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Religious life.

Women.

Feminist spirituality.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 344 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

“I see spirituality and social change to be integrally related to each other. I believe that liberation efforts that are supported by spiritual experiences of integration promote human dignity as well as social equality.” Bodied Mindfulness combines spiritual, social and analytical perspectives to explore topics central to women’s development: spirituality, women’s bodies, cultural constructions of women’s sexuality in language, sexual ethics, the sexual contract in politics and at work, and the relation between nature and culture. It is Tomm’s deeply held conviction that women need to bring a vital spirituality to feminist social criticism in order to resolve these issues and increase their power to promote social justice and ecological balance. Tomm embraces a vast store of knowledge from diverse sources, including Buddhist, shamanist and feminist resources. In a move away from abstract theorizing, she explicitly connects theory with realities lived by women. Grounding theory in personal experience — her own and others — Tomm delivers a powerful and empowering account of women’s spirituality. The resulting ontological transformation allows women to live deeply in the body while strengthening their relation to human and non-human matter and energy. Bodied Mindfulness will be of great interest to feminist scholars in all disciplines, but most particularly to those in Women’s Studies and Religious Studies.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Self as Spiritual

Spirituality and the Body

Sexuality and Language

Ethics of Connectedness and Resistance

Exclusionary Politics at Work

Towards 'Living With'

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-336) and index.

ISBN:

9786613810885

9781554588022

1554588022

9781282233140

1282233149

9780889205833

0889205833

OCLC:

180704511