The Necessity of Gender Perspective in Folk Religious Studies: Focusing on Female Practitioners

It is difficult for women to undertake ascetic practices (shugyō) in Japanese society. First, traditional teachings such as the so-called five obstacles ( goshō) and the notion of blood as pollution (ketsue) are mobilized to prevent women from entering sacred spaces and states. Second, if a woman is...

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Main Author: Kobayahi, Naoko (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Japanese Association for Religious Studies 2022
In: Religious studies in Japan
Year: 2022, Volume: 6, Pages: 51-68
Further subjects:B folk studies
B minzokugaku
B female practitioners
B mountain devotion
B patriarchal systems
B Gender
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