Bernadette J Brooten
Biographic Data
| ID | 2029853 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bernadette J Brooten |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bernadette J |
| FAMILY NAME | Brooten |
| SIGNATURE | BROOTEN B J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bernadette J. Brooten, Ph.D., Dr. Theol., h.c. (Bern), Robert and Myra Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Professor emerita, Brandeis University, directs the Feminist Sexual Ethics Project (). She researches enslaved and slaveholding women in early Christianity, female homo-erotic desire, and texts on female-female marriage in the Roman world. Her email is: . |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Do I Participate in the Discourse of Respectability? Reflecting upon Histories of Female Homoeroticism and Enslavement
My research challenges and participates in discourses of respectability, focusing on female homoerotic desires, the intertwining of religiously endorsed enslavement with sexual violence, and the intersection of race, ethnicity, and religion with sexual violence. I argue for the freedom of academic writing to present evidence-based conclusions and personal insights, drawing on contemporary figures like Sudanese anti-slavery activist Mende Nazer. R…
Homosexuality (homoeroticism), female
“Homosexuality” is a modern medical category that is unsuited for the ancient Mediterranean world, whereas “homoeroticism,” while also contemporary, is more neutral. Sources from Archaic Greece through to Late Antique Egypt in Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Coptic, and Arabic attest to female homoerotic desire and to erotic contact between women and possibly between women and persons with ambiguous genitalia. Whereas such desire and contact were celebrate…
Overcoming the Religious and Sexual Legacies of Slavery
Homosexuality (female)
Most surviving sources from the ancient Mediterranean world condemn sexual relations between women. In these cultures, the distinction between the active, insertive role and the passive, receptive role was foundational. Adult free males were to play the active role, whereas all women were supposed to be passive. This view made sexual contact between women hard to fathom.
Beyond Slavery
This book looks at a United States that continues to be driven by racial and cultural divisions, from the disproportionately high number of incarcerated African Americans to heartfelt disagreements ov
The Rewards of Lesbian History
Peer Reviewed
Jewish Women's History in the Roman Period
As a teacher, as a scholar, as a dean, and as a churchman, Krister Stendahl has worked for decades to further Jewish-Christian relations and to promote women's studies and women. It is out of gratitude to him that I present these theses, which I see as a continuation of his work
Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue
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Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue
Jewish Women's History in the Roman Period
As a teacher, as a scholar, as a dean, and as a churchman, Krister Stendahl has worked for decades to further Jewish-Christian relations and to promote women's studies and women. It is out of gratitude to him that I present these theses, which I see as a continuation of his work
The Rewards of Lesbian History
Peer Reviewed
Beyond Slavery
This book looks at a United States that continues to be driven by racial and cultural divisions, from the disproportionately high number of incarcerated African Americans to heartfelt disagreements ov
Homosexuality (female)
Most surviving sources from the ancient Mediterranean world condemn sexual relations between women. In these cultures, the distinction between the active, insertive role and the passive, receptive role was foundational. Adult free males were to play the active role, whereas all women were supposed to be passive. This view made sexual contact between women hard to fathom.
Overcoming the Religious and Sexual Legacies of Slavery
Homosexuality (homoeroticism), female
“Homosexuality” is a modern medical category that is unsuited for the ancient Mediterranean world, whereas “homoeroticism,” while also contemporary, is more neutral. Sources from Archaic Greece through to Late Antique Egypt in Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Coptic, and Arabic attest to female homoerotic desire and to erotic contact between women and possibly between women and persons with ambiguous genitalia. Whereas such desire and contact were celebrate…
Do I Participate in the Discourse of Respectability? Reflecting upon Histories of Female Homoeroticism and Enslavement
My research challenges and participates in discourses of respectability, focusing on female homoerotic desires, the intertwining of religiously endorsed enslavement with sexual violence, and the intersection of race, ethnicity, and religion with sexual violence. I argue for the freedom of academic writing to present evidence-based conclusions and personal insights, drawing on contemporary figures like Sudanese anti-slavery activist Mende Nazer. R…
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