Religion, gender and race in western european arts and culture : thinking through religious transformation /

This book examines narratives of individual religious transformation in Western European literature and culture. Religious individuals, themes, experiences and communities are widely represented in diverse literature and culture, including literary texts and visual arts and media. Taking the subject...

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Main Author: Van den Brandt, Nella (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 2024.
Series:Routledge Critical Studies in Religion, Gender and Sexuality
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book examines narratives of individual religious transformation in Western European literature and culture. Religious individuals, themes, experiences and communities are widely represented in diverse literature and culture, including literary texts and visual arts and media. Taking the subject of religious transformation as an angle from which to study constructions of religion, gender and race, this book reveals through various case studies what authors, documentary makers, film makers and playwrights consider to be important (possible) shifts between the old and the new, continuities and discontinuities, and the formation of the self. The chapters demonstrate how individual religious transformations are understood to be shaped by various intersections of difference, and point at the need to consider gender as always related to and co-constructing religion and race. This transdisciplinary and intimate study provides a fresh lens through which to examine pressing questions regarding the place and future of religion, gender and race in contemporary Western Europe.
Physical Description:1 online resource (287 pages).
ISBN:1003851991
9781003851998
9781003394754
1003394752
1003852068
9781003852063