Mary, the devil, and taro : Catholicism and women's work in a Micronesian society

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Label

Mary, the devil, and taro : Catholicism and women's work in a Micronesian society

Title remainder

Catholicism and women's work in a Micronesian society

Statement of responsibility

Juliana Flinn

Creator

• Flinn, Juliana, 1950-

Subject

• Brauchtum
• Catholic Church
• Catholic Church
• Devotion
• Devotion to the Virgin Mary
• Frau
• Katholizismus
• Manners and customs
• Marienverehrung
• Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
• Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Devotion to -- Micronesia (Federated States) | Pulap Atoll
• Micronesia
• Micronesia (Federated States) -- Pulap Atoll
• Mission
• Pulap
• Pulap Atoll (Micronesia) -- Social life and customs
• Religion
• Religious perception
• Roman catholicism
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies
• Soziale Situation
• Women
• Women -- Micronesia (Federated States) | Pulap Atoll -- Religion
• Women -- Micronesia (Federated States) | Pulap Atoll -- Rites and ceremonies
• Women -- Micronesia (Federated States) | Pulap Atoll -- Social conditions
• Women -- Religion
• Women -- Rites and ceremonies
• Women -- Social conditions
• Women in the Catholic Church
• Women in the Catholic Church -- Micronesia (Federated States) | Pulap Atoll
• Pulap Atoll (Micronesia) -- Religious life and customs

Language

eng

Summary

"Catholicism, like most world religions, is patriarchal, and its official hierarchies and sacred works too often neglect the lived experiences of women. Looking beyond these texts, Juliana Flinn reveals how women practice, interpret, and shape their own Catholicism on Pollap Atoll, part of Chuuk State in the Federated States of Micronesia. She focuses in particular on how the Pollapese shaping of Mary places value on indigenous notions of mothering that connote strength, active participation in food production, and the ability to provide for one's family." "Mary, the Devil, and Taro contributes significantly to the study of women's religion and the appropriation of Christianity in local contexts. It will be welcomed by not only anthropologists and other scholars concerned with religion in the Pacific, but also those who study change in gender roles and Marian devotions in cross-cultural perspectives."--Jacket

Member of

• Ebook Central Academic Complete

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

305.48/682966

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

HQ1865.7

LC item number

.F55 2010eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography