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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461951103321

Autore

Jaschok Maria

Titolo

Women, religion, and space in China : Islamic mosques & Daoist temples, Catholic convents & Chinese virgins / / Maria Jaschok and Shui Jingjun

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-64323-5

0-203-81022-8

1-136-68062-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Routledge international studies of women and place ; ; Volume12

Routledge international studies of women and place ; ; 12

Altri autori (Persone)

ShuiJingjun

Disciplina

203/.50820951

Soggetti

Sacred space - China - Kaifeng Shi Region - History - 20th century

Women and religion - China - Kaifeng Shi Region - History - 20th century

Sacred space - China - Kaifeng Shi Region - History - 21st century

Women and religion - China - Kaifeng Shi Region - History - 21st century

Electronic books.

Kaifeng Shi Region (China) Religion 20th century

Kaifeng Shi Region (China) Religion 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-255) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Late imperial and republican China : history, religion and space-- Daoist and Muslim women in Kaifeng -- pt. II. Republican China : modernization, religion and space-- Catholic women in Kaifeng -- pt. III. Communist China, and beyond : women, religion and space in contemporary Chinese society.

Sommario/riassunto

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. The