Act One. Comfort the Waste Places, Defend the Violated Earth: an ecofeminist reading of Isaiah 51:1-52:6 and Tracy Chapman's "The Rage of the World"

This paper compares the personification of Zion in Isaiah 51:1-52:6 as a mother and daughter with Tracy Chapman's 1995 song "The rape of the world" where the earth is portrayed as mother. I will explore the use of rape imagery and how both pieces portray the negative effects of human...

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Main Author: Sawyer, Angela Sue (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Institut f. Fundamentaltheologie [2020]
In: Journal for religion, film and media
Year: 2020, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 21-33
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Jesaja 51,1-52,6 / Chapman, Tracy 1964-, The rape of the world / Ecofeminism / Earth (Mother goddess) / Rape
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics
Further subjects:B Rape
B Tracy Chapman
B Zion
B Mother
B Music
B Pop Culture
B Isaiah
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