عنوان

Mermaids and Spirit Spouses:

شماره

LA124751

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Mermaids and Spirit Spouses:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Rituals as Technologies of Gender in Transnational African Pentecostal Spaces

نام نخستين پديدآور

Jeanne Rey

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This article aims to approach the construction of gender in transnational spaces by focusing on the ritual practice of African Pentecostal migrants in Europe and in Africa. One dimension of African Pentecostalism is its insistence on the practice of exorcism called 'deliverance' where malevolent spirits are expelled from one's body. Within the Pentecostal demonology, several categories of spirits carry implications for how gender is constructed. This article will analyse effects of the appearance of these spirits on the construction of gender among Ghanaian and Congolese Pentecostal churches in Geneva and in Accra. It will show that variations in the appearance of spirits within rituals can be interpreted as a negotiation of gender roles in a migratory context. Shifts in Pentecostal demonology can therefore be interpreted as a response to the reconfiguration of gender roles associated with the broader gender context and work opportunities in Europe. This article aims to approach the construction of gender in transnational spaces by focusing on the ritual practice of African Pentecostal migrants in Europe and in Africa. One dimension of African Pentecostalism is its insistence on the practice of exorcism called 'deliverance' where malevolent spirits are expelled from one's body. Within the Pentecostal demonology, several categories of spirits carry implications for how gender is constructed. This article will analyse effects of the appearance of these spirits on the construction of gender among Ghanaian and Congolese Pentecostal churches in Geneva and in Accra. It will show that variations in the appearance of spirits within rituals can be interpreted as a negotiation of gender roles in a migratory context. Shifts in Pentecostal demonology can therefore be interpreted as a response to the reconfiguration of gender roles associated with the broader gender context and work opportunities in Europe.

تاريخ نشر

2013

توصيف ظاهري

60-75

عنوان

Religion and Gender

شماره جلد

3/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1878-5417

اصطلاح موضوعی

Accra

اصطلاح موضوعی

gender technologies

اصطلاح موضوعی

Geneva

اصطلاح موضوعی

Pentecostalism

اصطلاح موضوعی

ritual

اصطلاح موضوعی

transnationalism

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Jeanne Rey

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/18785417-00301005

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y