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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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Bibliographic Details
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
Subjects:
Religion and culture > Europe.
Art and religion > Europe.
Religion and literature > Europe.
Religion et culture > Europe.
Art et religion > Europe.
Religion et littérature > Europe.
RELIGION / General
RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies
Electronic books.
Electronic book.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: The Cultural Work of Religious Transformation
  • 1 Leaving... What Exactly? A Cultural and Autoethnographic Account
  • 2 Women's Stories of Becoming Jewish and Muslim
  • 3 Women From Calvinist and Jewish Folds: Negotiating Religious/Secular Demarcations
  • 4 Women Leaving Calvinist and Jewish Folds: Rethinking Gender, and Religion-Race in Dutch Novels about Zeeland
  • 5 Creole and Indigenous Women: Rethinking Europe and Religion
  • 6 Constructing the Muslim Question Through Gender and Religion-Race
  • 7 Jews, Muslims, Moroccans: Re-Membering and Re-Imagining Complicated Relationships
  • Conclusion: A Reflection on Normative Affect, Aliveness and Revolutionary Love
  • Epilogue
  • Index