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基本説明
Ten essays examine three themes: Fecundism as an ideology of reproduction; binary sexual categories; and relations of power and domination.
Full Description
Issues of sexuality and gender are hotly contested in both religious communities and national cultures around the world. In the social sciences, religious traditions are often depicted as inherently conservative or even reactionary in their commitments to powerful patriarchal and pronatalist sexual norms and gender categories. In illuminating the practices of religious traditions in various cultures, these essays expose the diversity of religious rituals and mythologies pertaining to sexuality. In the process the contributors challenge conventional notions of what is normative in our sexual lives.
Contents
Editors' Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Cultural Production and Reproductive Issues: The Significance of the Charismatic Movement in Nigeria Tola Olu Pearce, University of Columbia, MO 2. Sex, Rhetoric and Ontology: Fecundism as an Ethical Problem William R. LaFleur 3. The Mythology of Masquerading post-Menopausal Women Wendy Doniger, University of Chicago, IL 4. Beyond Binary Categories: Mesoamerican Religious Sexuality Sylvia Marcos 5. The Hijras: An Alternative Gender in Indian Culture Serena Nanda 6. Mimesis in the Face of Fear: Femme Queens, Butch Queens, and Gender Play in the Houses of Greater Newark Karen McCarthy Brown 7. Tacit Containment: Social Value, Embodiment and Gender Practice in Northern Sudan Janice Boddy, University of Toronto 8. Millenial Capitalism, Occult Economics and the Crisis of Reproduction in South Africa Jean and John Comaroff, University of Chicago, IL List of Contributors Permission Acknowledgements About the Contributors Index
