Overview
A literary anthology exploring contemporary Catholic women's experiences.
Full Product Details
Author: Jeana DelRosso ,
Leigh Eicke ,
Ana Kothe
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Imprint: Excelsior Editions
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.381kg
ISBN: 9781438448732
ISBN 10: 1438448732
Pages: 221
Publication Date: 20 November 2013
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
These are honest and poignant writings by women who refuse to be bound by Catholicism s strictures, even while acknowledging what contributor Madeleine Mysko calls, a peculiar feeling in my chest, a heaviness reminiscent of homesickness, though I cannot say for what. Included are schoolgirls slipping pictures of the Beatles between holy cards of martyred virgins, a group of friends planning racy confessions to a heartthrob priest, a woman wearing a purple halter top at the Vatican, a wedding video viewed on rewind, an artist s model contemplating the body, and a woman considering the weight and beauty of her First Communion dress as it settles into her hands. A rich and varied collection. Sonja Livingston, author of Ghostbread The authors of this inspired anthology give voice to the complexity and nuance of Catholic women s experience. For all the Church has done to suppress women, this anthology doesn t simply talk back, but by speaking truth to experience, in writing that is perceptive, wise, and sometimes humorous, it transforms experience. These authors unruly and otherwise, take the good the faith has offered them from a reverence for mystery to the recognition of the power of ritual and triumph, claiming the right to truth on their own terms. Patrice Vecchione, author of Writing and the Spiritual Life: Finding Your Voice by Looking Within
These are honest and poignant writings by women who refuse to be bound by Catholicism s strictures, even while acknowledging what contributor Madeleine Mysko calls, a peculiar feeling in my chest, a heaviness reminiscent of homesickness, though I cannot say for what. Included are schoolgirls slipping pictures of the Beatles between holy cards of martyred virgins, a group of friends planning racy confessions to a heartthrob priest, a woman wearing a purple halter top at the Vatican, a wedding video viewed on rewind, an artist s model contemplating the body, and a woman considering the weight and beauty of her First Communion dress as it settles into her hands. A rich and varied collection. Sonja Livingston, author of Ghostbread
Author Information
Jeana DelRosso is Professor of English and Women's Studies and Director of the Morrissy Honors Program at Notre Dame of Maryland University. She is the coeditor (with Leigh Eicke and Ana Kothe) of The Catholic Church and Unruly Women Writers: Critical Essays. Leigh Eicke is a writer and independent scholar in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ana Kothe is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez.
