Michèle Roberts's Protagonists: Catholicism and Sexuality

Women have been marginalized in different contexts and situations. Religion, and to be more specific Catholicism, is a tradition that has divided men and women but more importantly women themselves as they represent the dichotomy of good and evil. Michèle Roberts's heroines are inspired through...

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Publicado no:Feminist theology
Autor principal: García Sánchez, M. Soraya (Author)
Tipo de documento: Recurso Electrónico Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
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Publicado em: Sage 2009
Em: Feminist theology
Outras palavras-chave:B Women
B Multiplicity
B dichotomy
B Sexuality
B re-writing
B Catholicism
Acesso em linha: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Recurso Electrónico
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Resumo:Women have been marginalized in different contexts and situations. Religion, and to be more specific Catholicism, is a tradition that has divided men and women but more importantly women themselves as they represent the dichotomy of good and evil. Michèle Roberts's heroines are inspired through biblical characters who will replace the binary system of being for dualities and pluralities in the same woman as part of their identities. This paper considers the feminist procedure of Adrienne Rich's re-visioning, re-imagining and re-writing, Julia Kristeva's notion of abjection plus a touch of Bakhtinian `open bodies' in the light of Catholic myths. The conclusion of this essay aims to present and celebrate Roberts's heroines in relation to their sexuality and religion.
ISSN:1745-5189
Obras secundárias:Enthalten in: Feminist theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0966735008098725