Black Madonnas: Feminism, Religion, and Politics in Italy

by Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum

Book Overview

In the 1993 edition, I considered black madonnas a metaphor for a memory of the time when the earth was belived to be the body of woman and all creatures were equal, a memory transmitted in vernacular... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 059500380X
• ISBN13: 9780595003808
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"