TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jia,Jinhua
TI  - Gendering Chinese religion: subject, identity, and body 
SN  - 9781438453095
AV  - BL1923 .G46 2014eb
U1  - 200.82/0951 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Taoist women
KW  - China
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Femmes taoïstes
KW  - Chine
KW  - Congrès
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Comparative Religion
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Essays
KW  - Reference
KW  - fast
KW  - Frau
KW  - gnd
KW  - Religion
KW  - Taoismus
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Conference papers and proceedings
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Tang women in the transformation of Buddhist filiality / Ping Yao -- Writing oneself into the tradition: the autobiographical sermon of Chan Master Jizong Xingche (b. 1606) / Beata Grant -- Making religion, making the new woman: reading Su Xuelin's autobiographical novel Jixin (Thorny Heart) / Zhange Ni -- The identity of Tan Daoist priestesses / Jinhua Jia -- Revisiting White-haired Girl: women, gender and religion in Communist revolutionary propaganda / Xiaofei Kang -- Negotiating between two patriarchies: Chinese Christian women in postcolonial Hong Kong / Wai Ching Angela Wong -- Birthing the self: metaphor and tranformation in Medieval Daoism / Gil Raz -- Female alchemy: transformation of a gendered body / Elena Valussi -- A religious menopausal ritual: changing body, identity, and values / Neky Tak-ching Cheung
N2  - A gender-critical consideration of women and religion in Chinese traditions from medieval to modern times. Gendering Chinese Religion marks the emergence of a subfield on women, gender, and religion in China studies. Ranging from the medieval period to the present day, this volume departs from the conventional and often male-centered categorization of Chinese religions into Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, and popular religion. It makes two compelling arguments. First, Chinese women have deployed specific religious ideas and rituals to empower themselves in various social contexts. Second, gendered perceptions and representations of Chinese religions have been indispensable to the historical and contemporary construction of social and political power. The contributors use innovative ways of discovering and applying a rich variety of sources, many previously ignored by scholars. While each of the chapters in this interdisciplinary work represents a distinct perspective, together they form a coherent dialogue about the historical importance, intellectual possibilities, and methodological protocols of this new subfield
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