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Women of the sacred groves : divine priestesses of Okinawa / Susan Sered.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sered, Susan Starr, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Religious life--Japan--Okinawa-ken.
- Women.
- Women priests--Japan--Okinawa-ken.
- Women priests.
- Okinawa-ken (Japan)--Religious life and customs.
- Okinawa-ken (Japan).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (315 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text looks at the unique tradition of Okinawa, where women lead the official mainstream religion of the society. It explores the intersection between religion and gender. The author sees the absence of male dominance as part of a broader absence of hierarchical ideologies.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; Prologue: Okinawan History, Henza Village, and Methodology; Part I: Divine Dis-Order; Part II: Questions of Gender; Part III: Sitting in the Seat of the Gods; Part IV: Questions of Power; Part V: Deconstructing Gender; Appendixes; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-288) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-774195-9
- 1-280-47162-X
- 0-19-535233-5
- 0-585-21561-8
- OCLC:
- 476016191
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