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Women, Religion, and Space in China: Islamic Mosques & Daoist Temples, Catholic Convents & Chinese Virgins - Routledge International Studies of Women and Place Reprint edition
Jaschok, Maria (University of Oxford, UK)
Women, Religion, and Space in China: Islamic Mosques & Daoist Temples, Catholic Convents & Chinese Virgins - Routledge International Studies of Women and Place Reprint edition
Jaschok, Maria (University of Oxford, UK)
Through the use of archival and ethnographic sources and rich life testimonies, this book provides a rare glimpse into how women found space to hold firm in their religious beliefs and withstand daily discrimination and prolonged hardship under a Communist regime in China that held rejection of religious beliefs and practices as a patriotic duty.
296 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 30 black & white halftones
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | August 6, 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9780415853309 |
Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Pages | 296 |
Dimensions | 229 × 154 × 23 mm · 438 g |
Language | English |
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