02549nam 2200673Ia 450 991081225180332120200520144314.00-19-774195-91-280-47162-X0-19-535233-50-585-21561-810.1093/oso/9780195124866.001.0001(CKB)111000211156224(EBL)273414(OCoLC)476016191(SSID)ssj0000273404(PQKBManifestationID)11247454(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273404(PQKBWorkID)10309225(PQKB)10765714(Au-PeEL)EBL273414(CaPaEBR)ebr10278810(CaONFJC)MIL47162(OCoLC)466432400(MiAaPQ)EBC273414(OCoLC)1406786677(StDuBDS)9780197741955(EXLCZ)9911100021115622419980326d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWomen of the sacred groves divine priestesses of Okinawa /Susan SeredNew York Oxford University Pressc19991 online resource (315 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 1999.0-19-512487-1 0-19-512486-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-288) and index.Contents; Introduction; Prologue: Okinawan History, Henza Village, and Methodology; Part I: Divine Dis-Order; Part II: Questions of Gender; Part III: Sitting in the Seat of the Gods; Part IV: Questions of Power; Part V: Deconstructing Gender; Appendixes; Notes; References; IndexThis text looks at the unique tradition of Okinawa, where women lead the official mainstream religion of the society. It explores the intersection between religion and gender. The author sees the absence of male dominance as part of a broader absence of hierarchical ideologies.Oxford scholarship online.Women priestsJapanOkinawa-kenWomenReligious lifeJapanOkinawa-kenOkinawa-ken (Japan)Religious life and customsWomen priestsWomenReligious life299.56Sered Susan Starr1014521MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812251803321Women of the sacred groves4095599UNINA