Cargando…
Mary, the devil, and taro : Catholicism and women's work in a Micronesian society /
"Catholicism, like most world religions, is patriarchal, and its official hierarchies and sacred works too often neglect the lived experiences of women. Looking beyond these texts, Juliana Flinn reveals how women practice, interpret, and shape their own Catholicism on Pollap Atoll, part of Chuu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press,
©2010.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Catholicism, like most world religions, is patriarchal, and its official hierarchies and sacred works too often neglect the lived experiences of women. Looking beyond these texts, Juliana Flinn reveals how women practice, interpret, and shape their own Catholicism on Pollap Atoll, part of Chuuk State in the Federated States of Micronesia. She focuses in particular on how the Pollapese shaping of Mary places value on Indigenous notions of mothering that connote strength, active participation in food production, and the ability to provide for one's family." "Mary, the Devil, and Taro contributes significantly to the study of women's religion and the appropriation of Christianity in local contexts. It will be welcomed by not only anthropologists and other scholars concerned with religion in the Pacific, but also those who study change in gender roles and Marian devotions in cross-cultural perspectives."--Jacket |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (v, 200 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441671424 1441671420 9780824860516 0824860519 9780824870829 0824870824 |