{"product_id":"spirit-wives-and-church-mothers-marriage-survival-and-healing-in-central-mozambique-hardback-9780299343804","title":"Spirit Wives and Church Mothers; Marriage, Survival, and Healing in Central Mozambique (Hardback) 9780299343804","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSpirit Wives and Church Mothers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMarriage, Survival, and Healing in Central Mozambique\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristy Schuetze (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299343804\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 August 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e286 pages, 26 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis ethnography is alive, giving the reader a wonderful window into life as lived in Central Mozambique. Bringing together spirit mediumship and Pentecostalism, Christy Schuetze shows how women living under patriarchy gain access to material security and social well-being by calling on both religious communities and the spirit world.\" - SÓnia Silva, Skidmore College\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSince the beginning of the twenty-first century, Pentecostal churches have proliferated around the world. Expanding at astonishing rates in Africa, Latin America, and Asia, Pentecostalism has shifted Christianity’s global center of gravity from the West to the global South. In \u003ci\u003eSpirit Wives and\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eChurch Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e, Christy Schuetze explores how the growth of Pentecostal churches in central Mozambique occurred alongside a striking increase in so-called traditional religious practices such as spirit mediumship and spiritual healing. She follows women—who comprise the majority both of participants in Pentecostal churches and of initiates to new forms of mediumship—through two emergent, rival healing networks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on years of field research, Schuetze offers a richly drawn ethnographic analysis of these important religious transformations in the lives of female participants. Illustrating how economic and social context shapes the possibilities for—and forms of—women’s empowerment, \u003ci\u003eSpirit Wives and\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eChurch Mothers \u003c\/i\u003eintervenes in scholarly debates about the nature of agency and challenges universalist Western feminist assumptions about the form of women’s liberation.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The World is Upside Down: Reordering Society in a World Out of Balance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePART I: Spirits and Suffering in Historical and Contemporary Contexts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The Production and Integration of Suffering: Social Healing Across Generations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Economic Exclusion: The Search for Cash on the Margins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. A Precarious World: The Hospital as Complementary Medicine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II: Searching for Stability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Misfortune and Women’\u003cbr\u003es Vulnerability in Marriage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Becoming a Spirit Wife: Managing Spirits and the Dangers of Marriage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Bargaining with Patriarchy: Pentecostal Church Women and Social Renewal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530915475736,"sku":"9780299343804","price":49.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/spirit-wives-and-church-mothers-marriage-survival-and-healing-in-central-mozambique-hardback-9780299343804","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}