Female initiation rites appear to be at odds with westernized urban society in present-day Zambia. This book offers an interpretation of the relevance of female initiation rites in an urban setting among today's `modern' Christian women. Female initiation rites are linked to gender relations. In this book changes in gender relations during the last few centuries and decades are examined on a socio-economic, religious and political level. Despite these changes, initiation rites remain of remarkable significance to women. In this book, the author gives an in-dept description of these initiation rites and analyzes their meaning and relevance for Zambian women at present. Despite new types of initiation rites and wedding ceremonies, such as Christian weddings and kitchen parties, based on Christian ideas and ideas of modernity, traditional initiation rites remain the central institution that construe female Zambian identity. Initiation rites emphasize female fertility, but also the importance of inter-human relationships, necessary for procreation, as well as relationships with the ancestral spirits, and women's central religious roles.
| ISBN: | 9783825856113 |
| Publication date: | 8th July 2008 |
| Author: | Thera Rasing |
| Publisher: | LIT Verlag |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 358 pages |
| Series: | African Studies |
| Genres: |
Christianity Gender studies: women and girls Cultural studies: customs and traditions |
Female initiation rites appear to be at odds with westernized urban society in present-day Zambia. This book offers an interpretation of the relevance of female initiation rites in an urban setting among today's `modern' Christian women. Female initiation rites are linked to gender relations. In this book changes in gender relations during the last few centuries and decades are examined on a socio-economic, religious and political level. Despite these changes, initiation rites remain of remarkable significance to women. In this book, the author gives an in-dept description of these initiation rites and analyzes their meaning and relevance for Zambian women at present. Despite new types of initiation rites and wedding ceremonies, such as Christian weddings and kitchen parties, based on Christian ideas and ideas of modernity, traditional initiation rites remain the central institution that construe female Zambian identity. Initiation rites emphasize female fertility, but also the importance of inter-human relationships, necessary for procreation, as well as relationships with the ancestral spirits, and women's central religious roles.
The Bush Burnt, the Stones Remain features in the following genres: Christianity, Gender studies: women and girls, Cultural studies: customs and traditions
The Bush Burnt, the Stones Remain is available in Paperback
The Bush Burnt, the Stones Remain was written by Thera Rasing and published by LIT Verlag
The Bush Burnt, the Stones Remain has 358 pages
Yes it is part of African Studies series
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