Witches, pagans, and priestesses: women-centered spiritualities in the Spanish context

This research arises from a central question: how do women-centered spiritualities in the Spanish context relate to current societal debates challenging gender binaries and cultural appropriation? My aim is to approach the complexity of the Spanish religious landscape and specifically the case of wh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: García Jouve, Alex
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/131379
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/131379
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:2-055.2(043.2)
Religión (Humanidades)
Antropología (Sociología)
Religión (Sociología)
Feminismo
5101 Antropología Cultural
6301 Sociología Cultural
6301.10 Sociología de la Religión
5906 Sociología Política
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Sumario:This research arises from a central question: how do women-centered spiritualities in the Spanish context relate to current societal debates challenging gender binaries and cultural appropriation? My aim is to approach the complexity of the Spanish religious landscape and specifically the case of what I call here women-centered spiritualities. This is a phenomenon not widely studied in Spain that, nevertheless, can greatly contribute to academic debates around gender in contemporary spiritualities, as well as to the controversy surrounding the concept of cultural appropriation. Moreover, both issues are perhaps too dependent on the (otherwise) abundant specialized Anglo-Saxon literature on the subject. A fact that I aim to help remedy with this work...