دانلود کتاب Women and Asian Religions

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Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Woman, Family, and Environment
1. Balinese Dancers on the Global Stage: Negotiating Motherhood, Religion, and Politics during the Suharto Regime
2. The Holy “Mother Who Is Not a Mother”: Saradamani Chattopadhyay
3. Crisis of Transnational Families and Restoration of a Medium’s Marriage Life in Northeast Thailand
4. Indian Women Through the Ages: Mother’s Roles in Mythology, Current Practices, and Future Prospects
Part II. Socioeconomics, Politics, Authority
5. From Secession to Social Activism: Muslim Women’s Movements in the Philippines
6. Speaking Shadows to Light: Vernacular Narrative as a Vehicle for Rajasthani Female Sādhus Voicing Vulnerability and Violence
7. The Martyr Bomber Becomes a Goddess: Women, Theosis, and Sacrificial Violence in Sri Lanka
8. Women of the Clouds: The Cordillera Religion and the Shaping of the Economic, Political, and Social Empowerment of Women
Part III. Body, Mind, and Spirit
9. Gender, Popular Religion, and the Politics of Memory in Taiwan’s Urban Renewal: The Case of the Twenty-Five Ladies’ Tomb
10. Shakti’s New Voice: Anandmurti Gurumaa and Female Empowerment
11. Storytelling for Change: Women’s Activism and the Theater of Pritham Chakravarthy
12. Women Living Buddhism in the West: Spiritual Practice and Daily Life
Part IV. Sexuality, Power, and Vulnerability
13. Losing Faith, Gaining Empowerment: Changing Identities of Devadasis in Karnataka, India
14. A Politics of Empathy: Christianity and Women’s Peace Activism in U.S. Military Prostitution in South Korea
15. Transforming Trauma: From Partition Hauntings to Post 9/11 Angst in South Asian Cinema
Part V. Women, Worldview, and Religious Practice
16. The Virtuous Life of a Thai Buddhist Nun
17. Women in Contemporary Japanese Religious Civil Society Groups
18. From the Old Lady of the Grove to Ekatmika Bhava: Women’s Mysticism, Devotion, and Possession Trance in Popular Bengali Shaktism
19. The Rise of Female Vipassanā Meditation Teachers in Southeast Asia
Abbreviations
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Editor and Contributors