{"product_id":"women-and-asian-religions-9780275991593","title":"Women and Asian Religions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCovering eclectic topics ranging from South Asian religion to motherhood to world dance to ethnomusicology, this book focuses on contemporary selected experiences of women and how their lives interface with religion.\u003cbr\u003eReligion has often been perceived as the source of constriction for women''s roles in society. This volume explores how modern women across Asia are mobilizing their faith traditions to address existential issues encountered in both the public and private realms, relating to economics, public participation, politics, and culture. As such, it is revealed that religion can be a powerful force for social change and ameliorating women''s lives, despite use of religious doctrine in the past to limit women. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditor Zayn R. Kassam, PhD, and the contributors cover not only the commonly considered Asian traditions of Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism but also Christianity, Judaism, Bahai, and indigenous traditions. The book reveals that the challenges and opportunities Asian women face arise both from within and outside, whether in terms of developments within their countries or in relation to international political and economic regimes. The chapters explore how the issues Asian women face have as much to do with cultural and religious codes as they do with politics, economics, education, and the law; consider the varying ways in which family and motherhood are affected by the state''s construction of the gendered citizen, by social constructs of motherhood, and by policies regarding women and children''s access to health care; and identify the roles played by religion and spirituality in these circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe extensive back matter adds value. Graduate and upper undergraduate students will find rich material in areas such as intersectionality, socioeconomics, anthropology, and politics. * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003eThe editor brings together scholars with different areas of expertise, and this serves to underscore the fact that women's experiences, in various geographical and religious contexts, are often different, sometimes even within the same spiritual tradition. Furthermore, the various lenses, including, for example, that of motherhood, challenge any notion that feminism can be defined in a singular way. In addition to challenging singular definitions in religiosity, the text serves to mitigate against assuming a strict divide between religions considered Eastern and Western. Finally, the authors provide numerous examples of female agency in traditions that are often stereotyped as lacking in this regard. Summing Up: Essential. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e Zayn R. Kassam Part I. Woman, Family, and Environment 1. Balinese Dancers on the Global Stage: Negotiating Motherhood, Religion, and Politics during the Suharto Regime \u003ci\u003eMaria Talamantes\u003c\/i\u003e 2. The Holy \"Mother Who Is Not a Mother\": Saradamani Chattopadhyay \u003ci\u003eNarasingha P. Sil\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Crisis of Transnational Families and Restoration of a Medium's Marriage Life in Northeast Thailand \u003ci\u003eVisisya Pinthongvijayakul\u003c\/i\u003e 4. Indian Women Through the Ages: Mother's Roles in Mythology, Current Practices, and Future Prospects \u003ci\u003eLavanya Vemsani\u003c\/i\u003e Part II. Socioeconomics, Politics, Authority 5. From Secession to Social Activism: Muslim Women's Movements in the Philippines \u003ci\u003eVivienne SM Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e 6. Speaking Shadows to Light: Vernacular Narrative as a Vehicle for Rajasthani Female \u003ci\u003eSadhus\u003c\/i\u003e Voicing Vulnerability and Violence Antoinette E. DeNapoli 7. The Martyr Bomber Becomes a Goddess: Women, Theosis, and Sacrificial Violence in Sri Lanka \u003ci\u003eWilliam Harman\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Women of the Clouds: The Cordillera Religion and the Shaping of the Economic, Political, and Social Empowerment of Women \u003ci\u003eJae Woo Jang\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eAnru Lee and Wen-hui Anna Tang\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Shakti's New Voice: Anandmurti Gurumaa and Female Empowerment \u003ci\u003eAngela Rudert\u003c\/i\u003e 11. Storytelling for Change: Women's Activism and the Theater of Pritham Chakravarthy \u003ci\u003eKristen Rudisill\u003c\/i\u003e 12. Women Living Buddhism in the West: Spiritual Practice and Daily Life \u003ci\u003eLeesa S. Davis\u003c\/i\u003e Part IV. Sexuality, Power, and Vulnerability 13. Losing Faith, Gaining Empowerment: Changing Identities of Devadasis in Karnataka, India \u003ci\u003eNicole Aaron\u003c\/i\u003e 14. A Politics of Empathy: Christianity and Women's Peace Activism in U.S. Military Prostitution in South Korea \u003ci\u003eKeun-Joo Christine Pae\u003c\/i\u003e 15. Transforming Trauma: From Partition Hauntings to Post 9\/11 Angst in South Asian Cinema \u003ci\u003eKhani Begum\u003c\/i\u003e Part V. Women, Worldview, and Religious Practice 16. The Virtuous Life of a Thai Buddhist Nun \u003ci\u003ePetcharat Lovichakorntikul, Phramaha Min Putthithanasombat, and John Walsh\u003c\/i\u003e 17. Women in Contemporary Japanese Religious Civil Society Groups \u003ci\u003ePaola Cavaliere\u003c\/i\u003e 18. From the Old Lady of the Grove to Ekatmika Bhava: Women's Mysticism, Devotion, and Possession Trance in Popular Bengali Shaktism \u003ci\u003eJune McDaniel\u003c\/i\u003e 19. The Rise of Female \u003ci\u003eVipassana\u003c\/i\u003e Meditation Teachers in Southeast Asia \u003ci\u003eBrooke Schedneck\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGlossary\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAbout the Editor and Contributors\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"ABC-CLIO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017736716631,"sku":"9780275991593","price":59.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780275991593.jpg?v=1750774503","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/women-and-asian-religions-9780275991593","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}