Rural Women, Old Age, and Temple Work: A Case from Northwestern Sichuan.
| Title | Rural Women, Old Age, and Temple Work: A Case from Northwestern Sichuan. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2009 |
| Authors | Kang, Xiaofei |
| Journal | China Perspectives |
| Volume | 2009 |
| Pagination | 42 - 52 |
| Date Published | 2009 |
| Publisher | French Centre for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC) |
| ISBN Number | 19964617 |
| Keywords | China, MONASTIC & religious life of women, OLD age, OLDER women, RURAL geography, RURAL women, TEMPLES |
| Abstract | This article examines the interface of religion, gender, and old age in contemporary China through the case of a group of rural Han elder women and their community temple in northwestern Sichuan. Without access to monastic resources and charismatic leadership, the women have made the temple a gendered ritual space of their own to obtain social company, spiritual comfort, and moral capital for themselves and their families. Neither victims of feudal superstition nor obstacles to modernisation, they are a dynamic transformative force in contemporary rural China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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