Onarigami: Holy Women in the Twentieth Century

This paper intends to show how the belief in onarigami, that is, the spiritual power of women, which gave the Okinawan women an important social and political role in the dual rule characteristic of the kingdom of Ryūkyū, is still relevant today for the rebuilding of Okinawan women's identity....

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Auteur principal: Wacker, Monika 1962- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Nanzan Institute [2003]
Dans: Japanese journal of religious studies
Année: 2003, Volume: 30, Numéro: 3/4, Pages: 339-359
Sujets non-standardisés:B Women
B Brothers
B Deities
B Religious Studies
B Gender Roles
B Religious rituals
B Villages
B Priestesses
B Clans
B Rice
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