TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ambros,Barbara
TI  - Women in Japanese religions
T2  - Women in religions
SN  - 1479898694
AV  - BL2211.W65 A43 2015eb
U1  - 200.82/0952 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - Women and religion
KW  - Japan
KW  - History
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Femmes et religion
KW  - Japon
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Mœurs et coutumes
KW  - Sciences sociales
KW  - Livres numériques
KW  - customs (social concepts)
KW  - aat
KW  - social sciences
KW  - e-books
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Women's Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Comparative Religion
KW  - Essays
KW  - Reference
KW  - Religion
KW  - eflch
KW  - fast
KW  - historia
KW  - kao
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - Konfucianism
KW  - Mytologi
KW  - Kvinnorollen
KW  - Nunnor
KW  - Moderskap
KW  - Feminism
KW  - Fruktsamhet
KW  - kult
KW  - history
KW  - kao//eng
KW  - Confucianism
KW  - Mythology
KW  - Female role
KW  - Nuns
KW  - Motherhood
KW  - Fertility
KW  - cult
KW  - kao/eng
KW  - Kvinnor och religion
KW  - sao
KW  - ukslc
N1  - Questions for discussion (pages 177-179); Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-225) and index; Introduction: Why study women in Japanese religions? -- The prehistorical Japanese archipelago: Fertility cults and shaman queens -- Ancient Japanese mythology: Female divinities and immortals -- The introduction of Buddhism: Nuns, lay patrons, and popular devotion -- The Heian period: Women in Buddhism and court ritual -- The medieval period: Buddhist reform movements and the demonization of femininity -- The Edo period: Confucianism, nativism, and popular religion -- Imperial Japan: Good wives and wise mothers -- The postwar period: Nostalgia, religion, and the reinvention of femininity -- The lost decades: Gender and religion in flux; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011
N2  - "Drawing on a diverse collection of writings by and about women, Ambros argues that ambivalent religious discourses in Japan have not simply subordinated women but also given them religious resources to pursue their own interests and agendas. Comprising nine chapters organized chronologically, the book begins with the archeological evidence of fertility cults and the early shamanic ruler Himiko in prehistoric Japan and ends with an examination of the influence of feminism and demographic changes on religious practices during the "lost decades" of the post-1990 era. By viewing Japanese religious history through the eyes of women, Women in Japanese Religions presents a new narrative that offers strikingly different vistas of Japan's pluralistic traditions than the received accounts that foreground male religious figures and male-dominated institutions."--Provided by publisher
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