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Women, religion, and space in China : Islamic mosques & Daoist temples, Catholic convents & Chinese virgins / Maria Jaschok and Shui Jingjun.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jaschok, Maria, author.
- Series:
- Routledge International Studies of Women and Place
- Routledge international studies of women and place ; 12
- Routledge international studies of women and place ; Volume12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sacred space--China--Kaifeng Shi Region--History--20th century.
- Sacred space.
- Women and religion--China--Kaifeng Shi Region--History--20th century.
- Women and religion.
- Sacred space--China--Kaifeng Shi Region--History--21st century.
- Women and religion--China--Kaifeng Shi Region--History--21st century.
- Kaifeng Shi Region (China)--Religion--20th century.
- Kaifeng Shi Region (China).
- Kaifeng Shi Region (China)--Religion--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What enables women to hold firm in their beliefs in the face of long years of hostile persecution by the Communist party/state? How do women withstand daily discrimination and prolonged hardship under a Communist regime which held rejection of religious beliefs and practices as a patriotic duty? Through the use of archival and ethnographic sources and of rich life testimonies, this book provides a rare glimpse into how women came to find solace and happiness in the flourishing, female-dominated traditions of local Islamic women's mosques, Daoist nunneries and Catholic convents in China. The
- Contents:
- pt. I. Late imperial and republican China : history, religion and space
- Daoist and Muslim women in Kaifeng
- pt. II. Republican China : modernization, religion and space
- Catholic women in Kaifeng
- pt. III. Communist China, and beyond : women, religion and space in contemporary Chinese society.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-255) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-68061-6
- 1-283-64323-5
- 0-203-81022-8
- 1-136-68062-4
- 9780203810224
- OCLC:
- 795008808
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