Papers by Catrien Notermans
Archives Des Sciences Sociales Des Religions, Sep 1, 2010
From vision to cult site A comparative perspective Many of the major cult sites have been founded... more From vision to cult site A comparative perspective Many of the major cult sites have been founded as a result of visions (Christian, Klaniczay, 2009: 7). The vision experienced by the French girl, Bernadette, of Mary Immaculate Conception in 1858 still draws multitudes of pilgrims from all over the world to Lourdes. The apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children, Francisco and Jacinta Marto and Lucia dos Santos, in 1917, is commemorated to this day at the sacred site in Fátima (Jansen, Kühl, 2008). The group of young visionaries that transmitted Mary's summons for the entire world to seek repentance, atonement and peace in 1981 in Medjugorje, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, also still continues to attract followers. Many historians and social scientists have researched the varying but sustained appeal of the visions in these centres of religion. Harris, who studied the development of the Lourdes shrine, exhorted other historians to explore further the complex social and political contexts in which miraculous apparitions take place and develop into a massive and long-lasting expression of devotion (Harris, 1999: 12). Other scholars were making similar multi-layered analyses of internationally respected sacred lieuxde-mémoire where heaven touched the earth and the presence of the divine was felt. They looked not only at the mystical events and religious experiences of pilgrims, but also at the various processes that influenced the physicalization and development of a divine site (
Farnham : Ashgate eBooks, 2013
Journal of Religion in Europe, 2011
Catholic fundamentalists attempt to mobilize a social movement against the EU's antidiscrimin... more Catholic fundamentalists attempt to mobilize a social movement against the EU's antidiscrimination policies by engaging with feminist and other scientific theories. The framing strategies they employ will be studied through narrative analysis of different Catholic fundamentalist texts. A particular focus will be placed on the public statements of Pope Benedict XVI on homosexuality and on the anti-EU narrative "The Gender Revolution" by the German writer Gabriele Kuby. It is argued that in their discourses they use a specific framing strategy, namely to present themselves and (fundamentalist) Christianity as gender experts and preservers of European democracy.
Material Religion, Jul 1, 2011
is an anthropologist working as a senior researcher and lecturer at the Depart Tient of Cultural ... more is an anthropologist working as a senior researcher and lecturer at the Depart Tient of Cultural Anthropology at Radboud Univers ity Nijmegen, Her fields of interest include religion (African Christianity, witchcraft, Hinduism, materisj religion, pilgrimage) and kinship (polygyny, fosterage, transnational kin networks). Her most recent ^search is on old and ailing Dutch pilgrims going t D Lourdes and on African migrants visiting this Marian pilgrimage site.
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Moved by Mary cQ ASHGATE The Power of Pilgrimage in the Modern World m EDITE Anna-Karina Hermkens... more Moved by Mary cQ ASHGATE The Power of Pilgrimage in the Modern World m EDITE Anna-Karina Hermkens, Willy Jansen and ... Moved by Mary The Power of Pilgrimage in the Modern World Edited by ANNA-KARINA HERMKENS, WILLY JANSEN AND CATRIEN ...
Journal of Gender Studies, Jan 22, 2014
Breast cancer operations have a great impact on women, not only on their bodies but also on their... more Breast cancer operations have a great impact on women, not only on their bodies but also on their sense of self as women and mothers, and their sexuality. This paper analyses the ways in which a Polish breast cancer support group called Amazonki deals with this, and offers alternative models of femininity. In particular we will analyse the religious symbols and practices related to the Catholic Holy Mary and to the pilgrimage to Polands major religious shrine, that of the Black Madonna of Cze¸stochowa, and their meaning in terms of gender identity. It is argued that through these religious symbols and practices, as well as in the related discussion in their magazine, opposing and at times seemingly conflicting models of femininity are combined and reconciled, but also renegotiated with other social actors.
Anthropos, 2002
... discussing from the second half of the 20th century onwards, if it is desirable to stick to t... more ... discussing from the second half of the 20th century onwards, if it is desirable to stick to traditional pastoral policy and to exclude so many people from the Christian community or that they have to develop new models for pastoral action (Hastings 1973; Kisembo, Magesa, and ...
Sexuality and Gender in Intercultural Perspective
Cultural Styles of Knowledge Transmission
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Current Anthropology, 2017
Bespreking van: P. Feldman-Savelsberg,Mothers on the move: Reproducing belonging between Africa a... more Bespreking van: P. Feldman-Savelsberg,Mothers on the move: Reproducing belonging between Africa and Europe Chicago:University of Chicago Press ,2016 9780226389745
Routledge eBooks, Oct 7, 2004
... marriage. European kinship theory has been dominated by a patriarchal paradigm, focusing on m... more ... marriage. European kinship theory has been dominated by a patriarchal paradigm, focusing on men as main actors in kinship affairs. This male European bias affected the understanding and interpretation of African data. The ...
Religions, 2022
This article links the feminist debate on women’s land rights in India to the current academic de... more This article links the feminist debate on women’s land rights in India to the current academic debate on critical human-nature relationships in the Anthropocene by studying how married Hindu women weigh the pros and cons of claiming land in their natal family and how they practice their lived relatedness to land in rural Udaipur (Rajasthan, North India). The article disentangles the complex issue of why women do not respond eagerly to Indian state policies that for a long time have promoted gender equality in the domain of land rights. In reaction to the dominant feminist debate on land rights, the authors introduce religion and more-than-human sociality as analytical foci in the examination of women’s responsiveness to land legislation. Their ethnographic study is based on fieldwork with married women in landowning families in four villages in Udaipur’s countryside. The authors argue that women have well-considered reasons not to claim natal land, and that their intimate relatednes...
This article focuses on children’s narrated experiences of fosterage in East Cameroon. It seeks t... more This article focuses on children’s narrated experiences of fosterage in East Cameroon. It seeks to complement the predominantly adult approaches to fosterage with children’s views of the intimate, emotional and competitive aspects of kinship in everyday life. As kinship evolves in homes through sharing food and intimacy, children directly experience how kinship is created, disputed and defined and how lived kinship is inextricably linked with mobility, flexibility and power dynamics. It is argued that children’s multiple and changing experiences of fosterage depend on three interconnected factors: changing household compositions, power dynamics in the homes and the changes in women’s life histories.
Exploring Materiality and Connectivity in Anthropology and Beyond, 2020
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