Jesus in Our Wombs
Subtitle: Embodying Modernity in a Mexican Convent (Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: April 4, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780520242661
Subjects: Christian communities & monasticism; Religion - Missions; Monastic and religious life of women; Social conditions; Institutions & Organizations; Social Science; Religion - Church Life; Sociology; Mexico; Postulancy; Anthropology - General; Gender Studies; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Christianity - General; Women; Monastic and religious life of; Psychological aspects; Psychology
First sentence: In medieval Europe, nunneries like the one I spent time in were believed to be special crucibles for the struggle between good and evil, a savage war waged in and through the medium of female flesh.