Title: Writing Catholic women : contemporary international Catholic girlhood narratives /
Authors: DelRosso, Jeana.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Catholic Church In literature.; American prose literature Catholic authors History and criticism.; Christianity and literature English-speaking countries History; Women and literature English-speaking countries History; Catholic women English-speaking countries Intellectual life.; American prose literature Women authors History and criticism.; English prose literature Catholic authors History and criticism.; English prose literature Women authors History and criticism.; Catholics in literature.; Girls in literature.
Abstract: "Writing Catholic Women examines the interplay of gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, and sexuality through the lens of Catholicism. Using a wide range of works by women writers, Jeana DelRosso forges interdisciplinary connections among women's studies, religion, and late twentieth-century literature. She suggests that the girlhood narratives of such writers constitute highly charged sites of their differing gestures toward Catholicism. DelRosso demonstrates that an understanding of the ways in which women write about religion from different cultural and racial contexts offers a crucial contribution to current discussions in gender, ethnic, and cultural studies."--Jacket.
Contents: Introduction : Catholic literature, academia, and feminism -- Contemporary international Catholic literature by women -- Sin, sexuality, selfhood, sainthood, insanity : contemporary Catholic girlhood narratives -- The convent as colonist : Catholicism in the works of contemporary women writers of the Americas -- Catholicism's other(ed) holy trinity : race, class, and gender in black Catholic girl school narratives -- Catholicism and magical realism : religious syncretism in the works of contemporary women writers -- What's so funny? : feminism, Catholicism, and humor in contemporary women's literature -- Conclusion : Catholic girls, grown up : parting thoughts from a Catholic woman.