In this Book
- Because of Beauvoir: Christianity and the Cultivation of Female Genius
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Baylor University Press
summary
Because of Beauvoir does what many say is impossible: it demonstrates how women can flourish, without conflict, while being simultaneously Christian and feminist. Alison Jasper offers a vision of Julia Kristeva's "female genius" as the capacity of women to thrive and cultivate intellect within and across different cultural and theological environments. Using the writings of English women from the 17th through the 21st centuries as living profiles, Jasper draws upon the creative power in the lives of real women to recognize and retrieve a female subjectivity--one that determines how women see and are seen after Simone de Beauvoir.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- 1. Beauvoir and The Second Sex
- pp. 3-31
- 2. Female Genius and Christianity
- pp. 33-43
- 3. Kristeva and Female Genius
- pp. 45-69
- 4. Jane Leade
- pp. 73-97
- 5. Hannah More
- pp. 99-125
- 6. Maude Royden
- pp. 127-138
- 7. Michèle Roberts
- pp. 139-150
- Conclusion
- pp. 151-158
- Bibliography
- pp. 159-170
Additional Information
ISBN
9781602586383
Related ISBN(s)
9781602583214, 9781602587779
MARC Record
OCLC
816042025
Pages
188
Launched on MUSE
2012-11-16
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2012