Mixed Blessings (eBook, ePUB)

Gender and Religious Fundamentalism Cross Culturally
Redaktion: Brink, Judy; Mencher, Joan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Taking a woman-centered approach, Mixed Blessings analyzes the effect of religious fundamentalism on gender roles in a variety of religions and nations. It explains how some women benefit from fundamentalism, gaining economic power and autonomy, and portrays how others maneuver within its restrictions. The scope of the book is broad, ranging from Christian groups in North and South America, Islamic groups in the Middle East and China, Jews in Israel, Hindus in India, and Buddhists in Sri Lanka. The detailed descriptions of women's lives illustrate the complexity of the intersection of gender and fundamentalism. The impact of fundamentalism for some women has been beneficial and has lead to greater economic power and autonomy. In other areas women must maneuver within the constraints of fundamentalism to gain power and autonomy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136659102
• Artikelnr.: 40831121

Autorenporträt

Judy Brink, Joan Mencher

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, Joan Mencher
Part One Women Benefit from Fundamentalism
Chapter 1 The Peace That Passes All Understanding, Elizabeth E. Brusco
Chapter 2 Buddhist Nuns, Hema Goonatilake
Chapter 3 Islamic "Fundamentalism" and Female Empowerment Among the Muslims of Hainan Island, People's Republic of China, Keng-Fong Pang
Part Two Women Struggle Against Fundamentalism's Restrictions
Chapter 4 Voices from the Margins, Janet Stocks
Chapter 5 A Separate Unity, Janet Bennion
Chapter 6 A Strange Road Home, Nancy L. Eiesland
Chapter 7 Ideology and Identity, Sondra Hale
Chapter 8 Ideal Womanhood in Postrevolutionary Iran, Erika Friedl
Chapter 9 Giving Birth to a Settlement, Tamar El-Or, Gideon Aran
Chapter 10 A Mixed Blessing, Mary Elaine Hegland
Part Three Women Oppressed by Fundamentalism
Chapter 11 Lost Rituals, Judy Brink
Chapter 12 Fundamentalist Politics and Women in India, Ilina Sen
Chapter 13 Conclusion. The Mixed Blessings of Women's Fundamentalism, Janet L. Bauer