| Description |
1 online resource (x, 237 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles. |
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text file |
| Series |
Women in religions
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Women in religions.
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| Note |
Questions for discussion: pages 177-179. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-203, 205-219, 221-225) and index. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women and religion -- Japan -- History.
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Women and religion. |
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Japan. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ambros, Barbara, 1968- Women in Japanese religions. New York : New York University Press, [2015] 9781479827626 9781479884063 (DLC) 2014047907 (OCoLC)893452401 |
| ISBN |
1479836516 electronic book |
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9781479836512 electronic book |
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9781479898695 electronic book |
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1479898694 electronic book |
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9781479827626 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1479827622 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781479884063 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1479884065 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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