Women, Identity and Religion in Wales (eBook)

Theology, Poetry, Story

Manon Ceridwen James (Autor)

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2018
256 Seiten
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-1-78683-194-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Women, Identity and Religion in Wales is the first comprehensive study of its kind from a present-day perspective. It brings significant and original insights to an understanding of Welsh identity and religion, as well as exploring the distinctive pressures that women in Wales face in their everyday lives. The author provides a qualitatively rich account of the religious and sociological context and interweaves her own experience with that of a number of Welsh women writers, including Menna Elfyn, Jasmine Donahaye and Mererid Hopwood, to offer an in-depth understanding of the dynamic interplay between Welsh female identity and religion. At the heart of the book are conversations with thirteen other women whose lives and experiences reveal how women facing misogyny, repression and stigmatisation are able to respond with resilience and humour. The author concludes that Welsh women have an empowering stereotype, the Strong Woman, and are constructing new identities for themselves beyond the pressures to be respectable and submissive.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1What Do We Mean by Identity?
2Constructed Welsh Identities?
3Wales, Religion and Identity
4Religion, Women and Wales
5Life Stories
6Welsh Identity and Religion in Women’s Writing
7In Conversation with the Strong Woman
8Constructing New Identities
Appendix: Research Methods
Notes
Reference List
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.2.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Gender Studies in Wales
• Reihe/Serie: Gender Studies in Wales
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: Identity • Poetry • Religion • Story • Theology • Wales • Women
• ISBN-10: 1-78683-194-5 / 1786831945
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78683-194-1 / 9781786831941