Mermaids and Spirit Spouses:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

منو

" Mermaids and Spirit Spouses: "
Jeanne Rey

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1081122
Doc. No	:	LA124751
Call No	:	‭10.1163/18785417-00301005‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Jeanne Rey
Title & Author	:	Mermaids and Spirit Spouses: [Article] : Rituals as Technologies of Gender in Transnational African Pentecostal Spaces\ Jeanne Rey
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion and Gender
Date	:	2013
Volume/ Issue Number	:	3/1
Page No	:	60–75
Abstract	:	This article aims to approach the construction of gender in transnational spaces by focusing on the ritual practice of African Pentecostal migrants in Europe and in Africa. One dimension of African Pentecostalism is its insistence on the practice of exorcism called ‘deliverance’ where malevolent spirits are expelled from one’s body. Within the Pentecostal demonology, several categories of spirits carry implications for how gender is constructed. This article will analyse effects of the appearance of these spirits on the construction of gender among Ghanaian and Congolese Pentecostal churches in Geneva and in Accra. It will show that variations in the appearance of spirits within rituals can be interpreted as a negotiation of gender roles in a migratory context. Shifts in Pentecostal demonology can therefore be interpreted as a response to the reconfiguration of gender roles associated with the broader gender context and work opportunities in Europe. This article aims to approach the construction of gender in transnational spaces by focusing on the ritual practice of African Pentecostal migrants in Europe and in Africa. One dimension of African Pentecostalism is its insistence on the practice of exorcism called ‘deliverance’ where malevolent spirits are expelled from one’s body. Within the Pentecostal demonology, several categories of spirits carry implications for how gender is constructed. This article will analyse effects of the appearance of these spirits on the construction of gender among Ghanaian and Congolese Pentecostal churches in Geneva and in Accra. It will show that variations in the appearance of spirits within rituals can be interpreted as a negotiation of gender roles in a migratory context. Shifts in Pentecostal demonology can therefore be interpreted as a response to the reconfiguration of gender roles associated with the broader gender context and work opportunities in Europe.
Descriptor	:	Accra
Descriptor	:	gender technologies
Descriptor	:	Geneva
Descriptor	:	Pentecostalism
Descriptor	:	ritual
Descriptor	:	transnationalism
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/18785417-00301005‬