Rethinking Women's Suffering And Holiness: Gloria Anzaldúa's "Holy Relics"
In the poem, "Holy Relics," Chicana theorist Gloria Anzaldúa (1942-2004) interrogated Christian imaginaries of female holiness by troubling existing stories that locate holiness in passivity, suffering, and silence. Creatively envisioning the tearing apart of Teresa of Ávila's body fo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Indiana University Press
[2020]
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Journal of feminist studies in religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 7-24 |
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Anzalduá, Gloria 1942-2004, Cihuatlyotl, woman alone
/ Teresa, de Jesús 1515-1582
/ Suffering
/ Holiness
/ Woman
/ Christianity
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality FD Contextual theology |
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Women
B Anzaldúa B Teresa of Ávila B Holiness B Suffering |
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