Divine gender transformations in Rebbe Nahman of Bratslav

2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 29-48
Author(s):  
Justin Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Gender Transformation ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
Meditative Practice ◽  
Nahman Of Bratslav ◽  
Intimate Encounters ◽  
Outer Garment

In several passages in the tales and teachings of Rebbe Nahman of Bratslav, the divine undergoes a process of gender transformation. “The holy one blessed be he”, becomes female, and the Shekhinah temporarily takes on a male persona. Characterizations of Hasidic thought as androcentric generally apply to R’ Nahman. There is an accepted hierarchy and polarization of gender which informs much of his oeuvre. This article argues, however, that in these particular passages R’ Nahman disrupts this hierarchy. Whereas Kabbalah and Hasidism normally view the feminine as an outer “garment” for the divine masculine, in these passages the devotee discovers the hidden inwardness of God, which turns out to be feminine. This radical imagery is nourishing for followers of R’ Nahman’s controversial brand of Hasidism. In particular, it provides a theological justification for their unexpectedly intimate encounters with the divine, as they engage in the meditative practice of personal, solitary prayer according to R’ Nahman’s directives.

The Great Sandy River: Class and Gender Transformation among Pioneer Settlers in Sri Lanka's Frontier

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Samiksha Sehrawat ◽  
Darshini Anna de Zoysa
Keyword(s):  
Gender Transformation ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals GENDER TRANSFORMATION OF EDUCATION IN THE ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

2021 ◽  
pp. 110-118
Author(s):  
O. CHELNOKOV ◽  
S.V. SOLOHUBOVA ◽  
I.A. SHVETS ◽  
D.D. HIRKINA ◽  
V.A. HOLUBIEVA
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Technical Base ◽  
Gender Transformation ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Historical Periods

ormulation of the problem. The paper examines the gender transformation of education in the field of architecture and construction and conducts a thorough analysis of gender equality of students of the Dnieper State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture (PSACEA) when entering various faculties. Purpose: to investigate the gender equality of PSACEA students. Objectives: 1. To analyze the opportunities of women to receive higher technical education in different historical periods. 2. Investigate the ratio of boys and girls among full-time students of PSACEA when entering various faculties, as well as the opportunity to receive a scholarship. During the study, the data of 2214 PSACEA students as of February 2020−21 academic year were analyzed. Theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological literature were conducted to study the trends of gender transformation of education in different historical periods. Particular attention was paid to the study of women's opportunities for education in the field of architecture and construction. During the study, experimental data were processed using conventional methods of mathematical statistics. Conclusions: The study allows us to establish the gender equality of students in PSACEA. The analysis of publications showed that in previous historical periods, the representatives of the architectural and construction industry were mostly men. The growing number of girls in traditionally “male” specialties in the field of architecture and construction requires the modernization of educational programs and material and technical base and their adaptation to the capabilities of students of different genders, which can positively affect the encouragement of applicants during the introductory campaign.

scholarly journals Gender Transformation Experiences among Women Leaders in the Western Cape TVET Sector: A Narrative Response

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
René Bonzet ◽  
Beatrice Liezel Frick
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Women Leaders ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Problem Solution ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Gender Transformation ◽  
Plot Structure

Leadership structures in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges in South Africa face stark gender inequalities. Narratives of women currently in TVET leadership positions in the Western Cape province of South Africa might shed light on gender transformation in this sector. This article provides an insider perspective on 10 purposively selected respondents’ shared experiences during their careers as women leaders through a narrative methodology. The data produced themes like family roles and a professional career balance, stages in becoming a leader, gender-related notions, leadership contexts, and strategies to manage gendered experiences. The analytical framework developed illustrates how these themes were reconciled with a structured method of narrative analysis, described as a problem-solution approach, analysing raw data for five elements of plot structure, namely characters, setting, problem, actions, and resolutions. Aligning the conceptual and analytical frameworks facilitated re-storying inside a plot-structured narrative. The results reported gender transformation progress regarding the career progression of women leaders. Conversely, progress concerning gender stereotyping and men-to-women and women-to-women discrimination was unsatisfactory, causing some respondents to abandon leadership ambitions. Although the small sample size precludes any claim to generalisability, the reported narratives serve as a guideline in addressing all-inclusive gender transformation in TVET college leadership.

Holy Queer and Holy Cure

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blake Gutt
Keyword(s):  
Fourteenth Century ◽  
Physical Impairment ◽  
Social Formation ◽  
Gender Transformation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Physical Form ◽  
And Gender

This chapter explores the ways that sacred, physically impaired, and transgender embodiment(s) are all structured by reference to notions of wholeness, perfection, and cure. Focussing on the character of Blanchandin·e in the fourteenth-century French narrative, Tristan de Nanteuil, the analysis considers how disability, cure, and gender transformation are employed to modify a body according to the exigencies of the surrounding hagiographic narrative. Blanchandin·e’s physical form is repeatedly altered in response to the needs of their son, St Gilles. The chapter traces the shared effects and affects of the social formation – and disassembly – of trans-ness, sanctity, and physical impairment through the related, connected, and leaky bodies of Blanchandin·e and St Gilles.

Troubling the Southern turn in feminisms

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-393
Author(s):  
Manisha Desai
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Global South ◽  
Gender Justice ◽  
The South ◽  
Mutual Learning ◽  
The North ◽  
Gender Transformation ◽  
Feminist Theories ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Gender

In this article, I focus on the work of the South Asian Network for Gender Transformation (SANGAT) to show how it goes beyond the current turn to the Global South in much contemporary transnational feminisms. It does so in two ways. One, as evident in the name, it defines a regional imaginary, which is place-based and informed by the long history of interactions in the area beyond the colonial, postcolonial, and recent global forces, as well as in conversation with discourses and practices from the North. Second, its praxis connects activists across borders in a process of mutual learning that acknowledges power inequalities and draws upon local as well as transnational feminist theories and methodologies to enable sustainable collaborations for social and gender justice in the region. Thus, rather than reproducing the North/South binaries with its attendant erasures SANGAT seeks to go beyond them to develop place-based yet connected ‘solidarities of epistemologies’ and praxis.

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