Pentecostal Charismatic women : constructions of femininity in Alexandra Township / Tumi Mampane.

"Written from the perspective of an insider, Pentecostal Charismatic Women provides fresh insights on the Charismatic discourses that build gender identities of female congregants in African Charismatic Pentecostal churches in Alexandra Township, South Africa. This book observes and documents female churchgoers' perspectives in order to gain a better understanding of their desires and ideas about respectability and shame, as well as their interaction and negotiation with church discourses. It delves into their individual perceptions, embodiments, and performances of power and agency within the church, as well as the larger societal spaces occupied by these female churchgoers. This book demonstrates how femininity in African Charismatic Pentecostal churches is multidimensional, contested, and not without contradiction." --Back cover.