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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Language: | English |
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Japanese Association for Religious Studies
2022
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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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