Cover girls: toward a theory of divine female embodiment

Martha Reinke has argued that the body, as an intimate source of boundaries, has been used to reflect back on a smaller scale the issues of the social structure. This essay argues that women's bodies function as an inscriptive surface of power and knowledge for patriarchal society. This functio...

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Main Author: Sheffield, Tricia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Creighton University 2002
In: The journal of religion & society
Year: 2002, Volume: 4
Further subjects:B Patriarchy
B Michel
B Sex differences (Psychology)
B Human; Religious aspects
B Body
B Foucault
B 1926-1984
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