Seven Hindrances of Women? A Popular Discourse on Okinawan Women and Religion

Noriko Kawahashi

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It is often assumed by some feminist groups that religion is essentially oppressive of women.A recent popular discourse in Japan, exempiijied by the award-winning book In a guy a nanabachi (Seven hindrances of women), identifies certain culturally specific religious activities, such as ritual bone-washing' (senkotsu), with the subordination of Okinawan women.In this essay, the author critiques Inam ^a nanabachi and argues on the basis of her fieldwork in the Okinawan village of Ogimi that religion is not univocal or essentially oppressive and is potentially a means for cre ating a post-patriarchal world.

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