Writing Catholic Women: Contemporary International Catholic Girlhood Narratives

by Jeana DelRosso

This work examines the interplay of gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, and sexuality through the lens of Catholicism in a wide range of works by women writers, forging interdisciplinary connections among women's studies, religion, and late twentieth-century literature. Discussing a diverse group of authors, Jeana DelRosso posits that the girlhood narratives of such writers constitute highly charged sites of their differing gestures toward Catholicism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403967571
• ISBN13: 9781403967572
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.6"