Sex, Gender and the Sacred: Reconfiguring Religion in Gender History - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1118833767 ISBN 13: 9781118833766

Casa editrice: Blackwell Pub, 2014

Riassunto

Sex, Gender and the Sacred presents a multi-faith, multi-disciplinary collection of essays that explore the interlocking narratives of religion and gender encompassing 4,000 years of history.

• Contains readings relating to sex and religion that encompass 4,000 years of gender history
• Features new research in religion and gender across diverse cultures, periods, and religious traditions
• Presents multi-faith and multi-disciplinary perspectives with significant comparative potential
• Offers original theories and concepts relating to gender, religion, and sexuality
• Includes innovative interpretations of the connections between visual, verbal, and material aspects of particular religious traditions

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Joanna de Groot is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of York and a member of the Centres for Eighteenth Century Studies, Modern Studies and Women’s Studies.

Sue Morgan is Professor of Women’s and Gender History at the University of Chichester, UK. She works on the history of religion and gender and her most recent publications include the co-edited volumesWomen, Gender and Religious Cultures: Britain, 1800-1940 (2010) with Jacqueline de Vries andMen, Masculinities and Religious Change in Twentieth Century Britain (2013) with Lucy Delap.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

Sex, Gender and the Sacred presents a multi-faith, multi-disciplinary collection of essays that explore the interlocking narratives of religion and gender encompassing 4,000 years of history. Readings reflect the societal intersection of sexuality and religion from ancient Mesopotamia to Renaissance Milan, from Song China to post-revolutionary Mexico, from medieval Ireland to modern Spain and Cuba, and from early modern England to contemporary India. In sections dealing with the transnational dimensions of religious belief, the importance of embodiment and sexuality to spiritual subjectivity, and the politicisation of faith, the essays explore diverse periods, geographies, and communities. Contributions from experts in gender history, religion and related fields assess how religious ideas and representations have shaped both the personal , spiritual and social formations of men and women through various case studies, including Chinese and European art and iconography, same-sex desire, Indo-Islamic encounters with the British raj, cross-cultural transmissions of African and Cuban rituals, and more. Scholarly and thought-provoking, Sex, Gender and the Sacred offers important new insights into the myriad and complex issues—and inextricable links—between sexuality and religion throughout gender history.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Blackwell Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1118833767
• ISBN 13: 9781118833766
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 337
• Redattore: De Groot Joanna, Morgan Sue