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Author(s): | Lourenço, I. |
Date: | 2011 |
Title: | Religion and gender: The Hindu diaspora in Portugal |
Volume: | 3 |
Number: | 1 |
Pages: | 37 - 51 |
ISSN: | 1943-8192 |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | 10.1080/19438192.2010.539033 |
Keywords: | Gender Hindu diaspora Hinduism India Portugal Postcolonialism |
Abstract: | As perpetuators of what is considered traditional knowledge, Hindu women in Portugal are assigned a new status through religion, thus replacing the male pujari. This article focuses on the Hindu diaspora in Portugal, and specifically on the role played by women in the construction of gender and religious identities, who, entrusted with new social and ritual responsibilities, contribute towards the cultural replication of their traditional community. As anthropological studies on gender in diaspora show us, the assignment of religious roles are used to recreate women’s social status in the ‘host’ country. |
Peerreviewed: | yes |
Access type: | Open Access |
Appears in Collections: | CRIA-RI - Artigos em revistas científicas internacionais com arbitragem científica |
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