Writing Catholic women
Subtitle: contemporary international Catholic girlhood narratives
By: Jeana DelRosso.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Catholic Church -- In literature; American prose literature -- Catholic authors -- History and criticism; Christianity and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century; Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century; 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
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-190) and index.