GENDER, RELIGION, POLITICS - ABOUT MY ANTHROPOLOGY

• Authors: Koscianska A..
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In the first part of the article the authoress presents the theoretical context of her research - the development of the anthropological reflection on cultural gender. In the second part she discusses the method and preliminary results. Research was conducted among members of two woman-led millenaristic religious movements - Brahma Kumaris and the Legion of Small Knights. The process of conversion/involvement in the movement is perceived as reconstruction of the gender identity. At the same time, it can be analysed as a form of non-verbal cultural criticism. Consequently, studies into cultural gender and religion are part of the general trend of anthropological studies into resistance.

Keywords

EN

ANTHROPOLOGY OF CULTURE; GENDER STUDIES; RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze
• Journal: Lud
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 88
• Pages: 203-218
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Koscianska A..

• A. Koscianska, Instytut Etnologii i Antropologii Kulturowej, Uniwersytet Warszawski, ul. Zurawia 4, 00-503 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

04PLAAAA0011287