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Women, religion, and space in China : Islamic mosques & Daoist temples, Catholic convents & Chinese virgins /
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? Thr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, N.Y. :
Routledge,
2011.
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| Colección: | Routledge international studies of women and place ;
12. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 276 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-255) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203810224 0203810228 9781136680625 1136680624 9781136672859 1136672850 1283643235 9781283643238 6613955736 9786613955739 9781136680571 1136680578 9781136680618 1136680616 |