Rural women, old age, and temple work: a case from Northwestern Sichuan
This article examines the interface of religion, gender, and old age in contemporary China through the case of a group of rural Han elder women and their community temple in northwestern Sichuan. Without access to monastic resources and charismatic leadership, the women have made the temple a gender...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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CEFC
2009
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China perspectives
Year: 2009, Issue: 4/80, Pages: 42-52 |
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Old person (60-90 years)
B Effects B Religiosity B Social behavior B Temple B Group behavior B China B Rural area B Development B Volksrepublik China Sichuan Rural area Frauen Alte Menschen Religiosity Temple Soziales Verhalten Group behavior Gesellschaftliche Prozesse Effect / Effects B Effect B Society B Woman |
| Summary: | This article examines the interface of religion, gender, and old age in contemporary China through the case of a group of rural Han elder women and their community temple in northwestern Sichuan. Without access to monastic resources and charismatic leadership, the women have made the temple a gendered ritual space of their own to obtain social company, spiritual comfort, and moral capital for themselves and their families. Neither victims of feudal superstition nor obstacles to modernisation, they are a dynamic transformative force in contemporary rural China. (China Perspectives/GIGA) |
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| ISSN: | 2070-3449 |
| Contains: | In: China perspectives
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