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Women, Religion, and Space: Global Perspectives on Gender and Faith (Space, Place and Society)
Karen M. Morin
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Description for Women, Religion, and Space: Global Perspectives on Gender and Faith (Space, Place and Society)
Paperback. Studies women who practice or interact with the gender norms and spaces of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. This book focuses on questions of how and why religious and secular authorities seek to regulate women's mobility and access to particular spaces, and how religious women negotiate their agency and mobility within traditional institutions. Editor(s): Morin, Karen M.; Guelke, Jeanne Kay. Series: Space, Place, and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 black-&-white illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: HRCX6; HRH; HRJ; HRLP5; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Contributors to this volume study women who practice or interact with the gender norms and spaces of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The book focuses on questions of how and why religious and secular authorities seek to regulate women's mobility and access to particular spaces, and how religious women negotiate their agency and mobility within traditional institutions. The chapters are grouped under three sections: ""Women and Colonial Regimes,"" ""Religion and Women's Mobility,"" and ""New Spaces for Religious Women."" Secular, critical, and comparative viewpoints are explored, with much of the scholarship steeped in fieldwork; i.e., an orthodox district in Jerusalem, a shopping ... Read more
Contributors to this volume study women who practice or interact with the gender norms and spaces of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The book focuses on questions of how and why religious and secular authorities seek to regulate women's mobility and access to particular spaces, and how religious women negotiate their agency and mobility within traditional institutions. The chapters are grouped under three sections: ""Women and Colonial Regimes,"" ""Religion and Women's Mobility,"" and ""New Spaces for Religious Women."" Secular, critical, and comparative viewpoints are explored, with much of the scholarship steeped in fieldwork; i.e., an orthodox district in Jerusalem, a shopping ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Space, Place, and Society
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815631163
SKU
V9780815631163
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About Karen M. Morin
Karen M. Morin is associate professor of geography at Bucknell University. Her articles have appeared in the Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, and Journal of Historical Geography. Jeanne Kay Guelke is professor of geography at University of Waterloo, Ontario. Her articles have been published in The Professional Geographer, Journal of Historical ... Read more
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