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Atitudini şi practici religioase referitoare la sângele feminin
Religious Attitudes and Practices Regarding Feminine Blood

Author(s): Iulia Haşdeu
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Societatea de Analize Feministe AnA
Keywords: blood as privileged element in building anthropology of feminist; the reproductive role of women; spirituality for women; feminine cultural univers and its relations with other social and cultural structures;

Summary/Abstract: The study sinthesizes remarks resulted from theoretical explorations having as theme the feminine spirituality regarded from the perspective of religious anthropology. Blood is one privileged element in building an anthropology of feminism. The study describes several sorts of feminine blood from the perspective of cultural meaning, mostly in Jewish and Christian popular traditions.

  • Issue Year: 1999
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 13-17
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Romanian