Biblical Narratives in The Handmaid’s Tale
Through her dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Margaret Atwood fuels the debate surrounding the global plight of women. Atwood weaves many biblical concepts, names, and motifs relating to the status of women into the novel, with a particular focus on the concept of the handmaid, whose sole...
| Subtitles: | Fiction, Religion and Politics in The Handmaid’s Tale |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institut f. Fundamentaltheologie
2024
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Journal for religion, film and media
Year: 2024, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 65-87 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Atwood, Margaret 1939-, The handmaid's tale
/ Bible
/ Woman (Motif)
/ Pregnancy (Motif)
/ Maid (Motif)
/ Patriarchate (Motif)
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| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society FD Contextual theology HA Bible NBE Anthropology NCF Sexual ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Women
B Biblical Narratives B Bible B Handmaidens B Gilead B Margaret Atwood B Social Hierarchy |
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