Year: 2000
Type: article
Abstract: It is often assumed by some feminist groups that religion is essentially oppressive of women.A recent popular discourse in Japan, exempiijied by the award-winning book In a guy a nanabachi (Seven hindrances of women), identifies certain culturally specific religious activities, such as ritual bone-washing' (senkotsu), with the subordination of Okinawan women.In this essay, the author critiques Inam ^a nanabachi and argues on the basis of her fieldwork in the Okinawan village of Ogimi that religion is not univocal or essentially oppressive and is potentially a means for cre ating a post-patriarchal world.
Author: Noriko Kawahashi
Language: English
Topic: Japanese History and Culture
Subfield: Cultural Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2330415212