Throughout Your Generations Forever: Sacrifice, Religion, and Paternity - Couverture souple

Jay, Nancy

 
9780226395739: Throughout Your Generations Forever: Sacrifice, Religion, and Paternity

Synopsis

Why does sacrifice, more than any other major religious institution, depend on gender dichotomy? Why do so many societies oppose sacrifice to childbirth, and why are childbearing women so commonly excluded from sacrificial practices? In this feminist study of relations between sacrifice, gender, and social organization, Nancy Jay reveals sacrifice as a remedy for having been born of woman, and hence uniquely suited to establishing certain and enduring paternity. Drawing on examples of ancient and modern societies, Jay synthesizes sociology of religion, ethnography, biblical scholarship, church history, and classics to argue that sacrifice legitimates and maintains patriarchal structures that transcend men's dependence on women's reproductive powers.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l'auteur

At the time of her death in 1991, Nancy Jay was a lecturer in social sciences and religion at the Harvard Divinity School.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780226395722: Throughout Your Generations Forever: Sacrifice, Religion, and Paternity

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0226395723 ISBN 13 :  9780226395722
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1992
Couverture rigide