Becoming Mary
Marian Devotion as a Solution to Gender-based Violence in Urban PNG
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20044221 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A K Hermkens (0000-0003-2401-3845, Radboud University Nijmegen, corresponding author), Anna-Karina Hermkens |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Engendering Violence in Papua New Guinea (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | ANU Press (PUBLISHER • AU) |
| DOI | 10.22459/evpng.07.2012.04 |
| OpenAlex | W1480072341 |
| ISBN | 9781921862861 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 17 |
This chapter deals with how, in the urban setting of Madang in Papua New Guinea, Marian devotion is deployed in response to gender-based violence, including in the context of HIV. 1 While providing insight into the lived religious experiences of Catholic women and, in particular, female members of the Legion of Mary, this chapter shows how women seek help from Mary and God in order to find a solution to the everyday violence they face. The experiences and perceptions described here reveal women's engagement in painful processes of self-analysis and self-transformation to hopefully adapt to and change their situation. In such processes, Mary is used as a role model
Context (archaeology) · Ethnology · Face (sociological concept) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · New guinea · Order (exchange) · Perception · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Asian Studies and History · Gender Studies · History · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development
Moral Reform and Miraculous Cures Christian Healing and Aids in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Selections from the Prison Notebooks
The Violences of Everyday Life
Aids and ‘building a wall’ around Christian country in rural Papua New Guinea
The Missing Rib
Aids and apocalypticism
To Be Young, Female, and “Normal”
Types of Self-Surveillance
Epilogue
Becoming Sinners
Partible penitents
Making sense of Aids
The power of Mary in Papua New Guinea
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |