New Roles for Indigenous Women in an Indian Eco-Religious Movement

This article aims to study how a movement aimed at the assertion of indigenous religiosity in India has resulted in the empowerment of the women who participate in it. As part of the movement, devotees of the indigenous Earth Goddess, who are mostly indigenous women, experience possession trances in...

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Main Author: Borde, Radhika (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 10
Further subjects:B Women
B New Religious Movements
B Indigenous
B mobilizations
B Sacred Natural Sites
B India
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