Dissertation Research: The Influence of Religion on Gender and Class. Joel Streicker Doctoral Candidate

阶级和多民族社会中的人们经常使用语言 和宗教作为一种维护身份的手段。 阶级关系 反过来影响亲属关系和性别观念。 在这个项目中，研究人员将测试假设 发展中国家的工人阶级利用宗教作为 手段来反击精英的主张，并与之对立。 他 将专门研究语言和社会层面的 在卡塔赫纳，哥伦比亚的流行宗教， 哥伦比亚的精英们被定义为不够基督徒， 据说是导致家庭结构不正常的原因 他将专注 男性和女性都受到了影响 分类 宗教是拉丁语中最重要的公共领域 美国参考 这个项目将增加我们对如何 阶级和宗教相互作用，影响生活的其他领域， 发展中国家

People in class and multiethnic societies often use langauge and religion as a means to assert identity. Class relations in turn affect kinship relationships and ideas about gender. During this project the researcher will test the hypothesis that working classes in developing countries use religion as a means to counter the claims of, and in opposition to, elites. He will specifically study the linguistic and social dimensions of Circum-Caribbean popular religion in Cartagena, Columbia which Columbian elites have defined as insufficiently Christian and as a cause of purportedly deviant family structures. He will focus on how both men and women have been affected by this categorization. Religion is the most important public domain in Latin America. This project will increase our understanding of how class and religion interact and affect other areas of life in developing countries.