Une étude ethnographique des menstruations et des pratiques religieuses à Varanasi: penser des « agency » parallèles
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Menstruation, religion, hindouisme, ethnographie, études des genresRésumé
Cet article a pour but de contribuer aux discussions sur les recherches portant sur les femmes, le genre et les religions à partir de premières analyses d’un terrain effectué en Inde, de mars à juillet 2024, dans le cadre d’un projet doctoral en sciences des religions à la Faculté de théologie et de sciences religieuses de l’Université Laval. Les pratiques menstruelles hindoues révèlent les limites des approches de recherche qui tentent d’expliquer le maintien de certaines pratiques religieuses difficilement conciliables avec des visions féministes normatives (de l’émancipation ou de la subversion). En dépit des critiques faites à l’encontre de cette tendance, l’effort documentaire sur ces pratiques, à la confluence du religieux, des idées reçues et des approches biomédicales du cycle menstruel, est toujours d’actualité. Les données recueillies permettent de démontrer le potentiel de la réflexion critique pour poursuivre le travail d’amélioration des connaissances, ainsi que des cadres théoriques et méthodologiques en sciences des religions, et soutiennent également l’argument en faveur de la pondération des constats comme quoi les pratiques religieuses traditionnelles égalent nécessairement le désavantage des femmes.
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