Women, Religion, and Space in China: Islamic Mosques & Daoist Temples, Catholic Convents & Chinese Virgins (Routledge International Studies of Women and Place)
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Women, Religion, and Space in China: Islamic Mosques & Daoist Temples, Catholic Convents & Chinese Virgins (Routledge International Studies of Women and Place)
Women, Religion, and Space in China: Islamic Mosques & Daoist Temples, Catholic Convents & Chinese Virgins (Routledge International Studies of Women and Place)

Women, Religion, and Space in China: Islamic Mosques & Daoist Temples, Catholic Convents & Chinese Virgins (Routledge International Studies of Women and Place)

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Maria Jaschok (Author) Jingjun Shui (Author)  

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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. These women passionately - often against unimaginable odds - defended sites of prayer, education and congregation as their spiritual home and their promise of heaven, but also as their rightful claim to equal entitlements with men. 3 Tables, black and white; 30 Halftones, black and white; 30 Illustrations, black and white
Maria Jaschok is Director of the International Gender Studies at the University of Oxford.Shui Jingjun is a Henan Provincial Academy of Social Sciences researcher.
  • Contributor: Maria Jaschok
  • Imprint: Routledge
  • ISBN13: 9780415853309
  • Number of Pages: 296
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
  • Packaged Weight: 430
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Release Date: 2013-08-06
  • Series: Routledge International Studies of Women and Place
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Maria Jaschok is Director of the International Gender Studies at the University of Oxford.Shui Jingjun is a Henan Provincial Academy of Social Sciences researcher.

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