Michèle Roberts's Protagonists
Catholicism and Sexuality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14948960 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Soraya García‐sánchez (0000-0003-1095-9410, corresponding author), M Soraya García Sánchez |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 229-244 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0966-7350 • E-ISSN: 1745-5189 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0966735008098725 |
| OpenAlex | W2148374170 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 9 |
Women have been marginalized in different contexts and situations. Religion, and to be more specific Catholicism, is a tradition that has divided men and women but more importantly women themselves as they represent the dichotomy of good and evil. Michèle Roberts's heroines are inspired through biblical characters who will replace the binary system of being for dualities and pluralities in the same woman as part of their identities. This paper considers the feminist procedure of Adrienne Rich's re-visioning, re-imagining and re-writing, Julia Kristeva's notion of abjection plus a touch of Bakhtinian `open bodies' in the light of Catholic myths. The conclusion of this essay aims to present and celebrate Roberts's heroines in relation to their sexuality and religion
Art · Human sexuality · Literature · Mythology · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Gender Studies · Psychology · Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies · Samuel Beckett and Modernism
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2021 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |