Dis/embodying transcendence in the early‐nineteenth century
Ann Hamilton, Mary Moffat, the London missionary society and god
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156346 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wendy A Woodward (0000-0002-7935-739X, University of the Western Cape, corresponding author), Wendy Woodward (0000-0002-9886-1161) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 80-101 |
| Publication date | 1998-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564719808530190 |
| OpenAlex | W2073362129 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Early‐nineteenth‐century Christianity in relation to Ann Hamilton and Mary Moffat provides a rich site for the consideration of embodiment, the feminine speaking subject and the divine. I argue that Ann Hamilton claimed agency through her particular experience of the lived body, which tended to contradict the Cartesian soul/body split of Western culture. She wrote reports of Lattakoo to the London Missionary Society (LMS) in London, asserted her rights to celibacy in marriage, and had, as her confidante, a Khoisan woman, Fransinna. None of these actions endeared her to Mary Moffat (or her husband, Robert), whose subjectivity and embodiment were fixed within the discursive construction of Christianity at the time. Both the Moffats became almost obsessively involved in legislating Hamilton's sexuality within her marriage, until she was forced to leave the mission station and the LMS
Asceticism · Celibacy · Christianity · Epistemology · Human sexuality · Social science · Sociology · Soul · Subjectivity · Theology · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Literature: history, themes, analysis · Philosophy · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Religious studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |