Political Power, Religion and Gender: The Case of the Vietnamese in Poland

• Authors: Szymańska-Matusiewicz Grażyna
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper thoroughly examines the gender patterns of religious activity within the Vietnamese – the largest non-European migrant community in Poland. Basing on the result from anthropological fieldwork which I conducted in two pagodas currently operating in the suburbs of Warsaw I analyse this issue in the light of traditional gender patterns of religious life in Vietnam, as well as in the context of the politicisation of spiritual life under communist rule. The results of my research prove that whether a religious institution will become a ‘women’s sphere’ or will remain under the influence of male actors depends to a great extent on its political emplacement and relations with formal institutions of the Vietnamese state.

Keywords

EN

Vietnamese diaspora; Buddhism; gender

• Publisher: Ośrodek Badań nad Migracjami Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego oraz Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Central and Eastern European Migration Review
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 153-164

Contributors

author

Szymańska-Matusiewicz Grażyna

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