How Long to Read Women in Japanese Religions

How Long Does it Take to Read Women in Japanese Religions?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 20 minutes to read Women in Japanese Religions by Barbara R Ambros

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A comprehensive history of women in Japanese religious traditions Scholars have widely acknowledged the persistent ambivalence with which the Japanese religious traditions treat women. Much existing scholarship depicts Japan’s religious traditions as mere means of oppression. But this view raises a question: How have ambivalent and even misogynistic religious discourses on gender still come to inspire devotion and emulation among women? In Women in Japanese Religions, Barbara R. Ambros examines the roles that women have played in the religions of Japan. An important corrective to more common male-centered narratives of Japanese religious history, this text presents a synthetic long view of Japanese religions from a distinct angle that has typically been discounted in standard survey accounts of Japanese religions. Drawing on a diverse collection of writings by and about women, Ambros argues that ambivalent religious discourses in Japan have not simply subordinated women but also given them religious resources to pursue their own interests and agendas. Comprising nine chapters organized chronologically, the book begins with the archeological evidence of fertility cults and the early shamanic ruler Himiko in prehistoric Japan and ends with an examination of the influence of feminism and demographic changes on religious practices during the “lost decades” of the post-1990 era. By viewing Japanese religious history through the eyes of women, Women in Japanese Religions presents a new narrative that offers strikingly different vistas of Japan’s pluralistic traditions than the received accounts that foreground male religious figures and male-dominated institutions.

How long is Women in Japanese Religions?

Women in Japanese Religions by Barbara R Ambros is 255 pages long, and a total of 65,025 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Women in Japanese Religions Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 55 minutes to read Women in Japanese Religions aloud.

What Reading Level is Women in Japanese Religions?

Women in Japanese Religions is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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