Relation and Resistance - Racialized Women, Religion, and Diaspora

Relation and Resistance explores the stories and lives of racialized women connected with religious diaspora communities in Canada. Contributors from across disciplines show how these women are conceptualizing traditions in transformative ways, challenging prevailing assumptions about diasporic religion as nostalgically entrenched in the past.

About the author

Sailaja Krishnamurti is associate professor of religious studies and women and gender studies at Saint Mary's University. Becky R. Lee is professor emerita and senior scholar in humanities at York University.

Summary

Relation and Resistance explores the stories and lives of racialized women connected with religious diaspora communities in Canada. Contributors from across disciplines show how these women are conceptualizing traditions in transformative ways, challenging prevailing assumptions about diasporic religion as nostalgically entrenched in the past.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sailaja Krishnamurti (Editor), Becky R Lee (Editor), Becky R. Lee (Editor)
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9780228008538
• ISBN: 978-0-228-00853-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 470 g
• Series: Advancing Studies in Religion
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works