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SUMMARY:WGSS Speaker Series: Jamie Andreson
DESCRIPTION:\nKicking off the Department of Women&rsquo\;s\, Gender\, an
d Sexuality Studies&rsquo\; fall 2023 Speaker Series\, the first guest s
peaker is Jamie Andreson\, assistant teaching professor of history and w
omen&rsquo\;s\, gender\, and sexuality studies at Penn State\, to presen
t &ldquo\;Men and Matriarchy: Feminine Performances in Afro-Brazilian Re
ligion.&rdquo\;\n\nThis talk presents key male leaders of the Afro-Brazi
lian religion Candomblé\; to analyze men&rsquo\;s roles within a m
atriarchal religious structure. Candomblé\; is often characterized
as a matriarchy because of the multi-generational leadership of Black p
riestesses and the adoration of African female deities. Yet the religion
offers ample opportunities for male priests and initiates\, many of who
m identify as gay\, to embrace and perform femininity. Because of these
gendered dynamics\, I argue that male priests too uphold the religion&rs
quo\;s matriarchal structure. Works by the African feminist and philosop
her Ifi Amadiume inspire the theoretical framework through an approach t
hat examines gendered dynamics rather than a dichotomy or competition be
tween patriarchal and matriarchal leadership.\n\nFor more details: https
://events.la.psu.edu/event/wgss_jamie-andreson/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Kicking off the
Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies’ fall
2023 Speaker Series, the first guest speaker is Jamie Andreson, a
ssistant teaching professor of history and women’s, gender, and se
xuality studies at Penn State, to present “Men and Matriarchy:
Feminine Performances in Afro-Brazilian Religion.”
This
talk presents key male leaders of the Afro-Brazilian religion Candombl&e
acute; to analyze men’s roles within a matriarchal religious struc
ture. Candomblé is often characterized as a matriarchy because of
the multi-generational leadership of Black priestesses and the adoratio
n of African female deities. Yet the religion offers ample opportunities
for male priests and initiates, many of whom identify as gay, to embrac
e and perform femininity. Because of these gendered dynamics, I argue th
at male priests too uphold the religion’s matriarchal structure. W
orks by the African feminist and philosopher Ifi Amadiume inspire the th
eoretical framework through an approach that examines gendered dynamics
rather than a dichotomy or competition between patriarchal and matriarch
al leadership.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/wgss_jamie
-andreson/
LOCATION:335 Willard Building
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