Women, Religion, and Space in China: Islamic Mosques & Daoist Temples, Catholic Convents & Chinese Virgins

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Cover Women, Religion, and Space in China: Islamic Mosques & Daoist Temples, Catholic Convents & Chinese Virgins Copyright Contents Historical Chronology and Capital Cities List of Acronyms Maps Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Women, Religion and Space During Times of China’s Political Transformation PART I Late Imperial and Republican China: History, Religion and Space—Daoist and Muslim Women in Kaifeng 2 Religious Pluralism and the Place of Kaifeng in Women’s History 3 Women-Led Religious Spaces and Modern Times 4 The Jiuku Miao in Kaifeng: Diverse Memories of a Women’s Daoist Temple 5 Investing Muslim Women’s Traditions with Modern Meaning PART II Republican China: Modernization, Religion and Space—Catholic Women in Kaifeng 6 Contesting Female Space in Changing Times: The Catholic Providence Sisters and Chinese Catechists 7 Catholic Virgins and the Growth of Local Spaces for Women 8 The Tradition of Catholic Shouzhen Guniang in Jingang 9 A Political Campaign to Re-map Gendered Space, 1949–1958 PART III Communist China, and Beyond: Women, Religion and Space in Contemporary Chinese Society 10 The Zhengzhou Beida Women’s Mosque: Tradition, Modernity and Identity 11 The Jiuku Miao: From Marginality to Legitimacy 12 Being Female, Being Celibate, Being Catholic Conclusion: Women, Religion and Space: Freedom, Dependency and Inter-Dependence Glossary Bibliography Notes Index