Women, rites, and ritual objects in premodern Japan

"Women, Rites, and Ritual Objects in Premodern Japan, edited by Karen M. Gerhart, is a multidisciplinary examination of rituals featuring women, in which significant attention is paid to objects produced for and utilized in these rites as a lens through which larger cultural concerns, such as g...

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Published in:Brill's Japanese studies library
Contributors: Gerhart, Karen M. 1949- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2018]
In: Brill's Japanese studies library (volume 63)
Series/Journal:Brill's Japanese studies library volume 63
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
Further subjects:B Japan Religious life and customs
B Women Religious life (Japan)
B Women Religious life Japan
B Ritual
B Women Religious aspects
B Religious articles Japan
B Rites and ceremonies
B Women Social life and customs
B Rites and ceremonies (Japan) History
B Anthropology of religion (Japan)
B Rites and ceremonies History Japan
B Women and religion
B Japan Religious life and customs Japan
B Anthropology of religion Japan
B Religious articles (Japan)
Parallel Edition:Electronic
Erscheint auch als: Women, rites, and ritual objects in premodern Japan. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
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Summary:"Women, Rites, and Ritual Objects in Premodern Japan, edited by Karen M. Gerhart, is a multidisciplinary examination of rituals featuring women, in which significant attention is paid to objects produced for and utilized in these rites as a lens through which larger cultural concerns, such as gender politics, the female body, class, and materiality, and the importance of objects as active participant in rituals, are explored. The ten chapters encounter women, rites, and ritual objects in many new and interactive ways and constitute a pioneering attempt to combine ritual and gendered analysis with the study of objects"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9004370110