Women in Japanese Religions

by Barbara R. Ambros

Book Overview

A comprehensive history of women in Japanese religious traditions

Scholars have widely acknowledged the persistent ambivalence with which the Japanese religious traditions treat women. Much existing scholarship depicts Japan's religious traditions as mere means of oppression. But this view raises a question: How have ambivalent and even misogynistic religious discourses on gender still come to inspire devotion and emulation among...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479884065
• ISBN13: 9781479884063
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"