Serving the Gods in Modern Japan

Serving the Gods in Modern JapanPrevious research on Shinto has shed light on the history of female priesthood, provided ethnographies of shrines and documented the persistence of a male dominated shrine world. However, the experience of women in religious positions in contemporary shrine and imperial court Shinto have received little attention, despite their growing significance as religious successors and leaders in an aging and secularised society. How do they go about their day

and bittersweet humor of the world of struggling artists

told residents that they had one of the finest high schools in the nation

then change the culture of the town that has been mired in the past for generations

Patrick Kain

focusing on how language makes meaning

and submerged political imaginaries—in Latin America and the United States

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Gran - Groi" verfügbar

the merchants who traversed it as early agents of cultural exchange

At the center of each story is a lively female Islamic spirituality that questions secular hierarchies while reaffirming patriarchal ones

die damit den für die Bürger erlebbaren sozialen

und der Erzählakt sowie der Rezeptionsprozess nehmen Zeit in Anspruch

Spanning forty years