The Handmaid’s Tale as a Palimpsest: Biblical (Re)Imaginings in Margaret Atwood’s Novel
The Handmaid’s Tale inhabits an imaginary space defined by biblical narratives at a time set in the near future when low fertility has reached a critical point. The solution provided by the Bible-based totalitarian regime in place in Gilead is to offer "handmaids" as surrogate mothers to m...
| Subtitles: | Fiction, Religion and Politics in The Handmaid’s Tale |
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| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2024
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| In: |
Journal for religion, film and media
Year: 2024, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-63 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Atwood, Margaret 1939-, The handmaid's tale
/ Bible. Judge 19-21
/ Bible. Genesis 30
/ Bible
/ Oppression (Motif)
/ Woman
/ Feminism
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| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society FD Contextual theology HA Bible HB Old Testament NBE Anthropology NCF Sexual ethics TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Biblical Reception
B Book of Judges B Feminist Reading B Palimpsest B Gender B The Handmaid's Tale |
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