Reclaiming the Eclipsed Female in the Sacred
This article examines an indigenous religion in Malaysia - that of the Semai of Kampung Chang, Sungai Gepai in Bidor, Perak - and expounds the changes in women's position in Semai cosmology, rituals, and roles. We show that the Bidor Semai religion is neither hierarchical nor egalitarian in ter...
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Main Authors: | Thambiah, Shanthi, Chopil, Tijah Yok, Leong Yoke Lian, Rosalind |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2018
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Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/20484/ https://doi.org/10.1163/22134379-17402002 |
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