Women, Religion, and Space in China - Islamic Mosques & Daoist Temples, Catholic Convents & Chinese Virgins - Paperback - 2013

Through the use of archival and ethnographic sources and of rich life testimonies, this book provides a rare glimpse into how women came to find solace and happiness in the flourishing, female-dominated traditions of local Islamic women's mosques, Daoist nunneries and Catholic convents in China.
Year of publication: 2013
Pagination: 296 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 30 black & white halftones
Format: Paperback
Serie: Routledge International Studies of Women and Place