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Feminist Spiritualities: A Brief Overview, Marilyn Pukkila Oct 1999

Feminist Spiritualities: A Brief Overview, Marilyn Pukkila

Marilyn R. Pukkila

A bibliographic essay on the early beginnings of feminist spirituality literature, from the 1960s to 1998.


Woman-As-Symbol: Intersections Of Indian Nationalism, Gender, And Identity, Shakuntala Rao May 1999

Woman-As-Symbol: Intersections Of Indian Nationalism, Gender, And Identity, Shakuntala Rao

Shakuntala Rao

The purpose of this article is to explore the connection between Indian nationalism and gender identity. I provide a critique of Radhakrishnan and Chatterjee's notion of the outer/inner dichotomy of Indian nationalism by stating that religion, in postcolonial India, has emerged as a discursive totality that has subsumed the politics of indigenous or inner identity more so than other rhetoric of caste, tribal, gender, and class. I provide a groundwork for this debate via the writings of Nehru and Gandhi. I conclude, through an analysis of the practices of amniocentesis and Sati, that women and their bodies have been used …


A Coalfield Tapestry: Weaving The Socioeconomic Fabric Of Women's Lives, Ann M. Oberhauser, Anne-Marie Turnage Mar 1999

A Coalfield Tapestry: Weaving The Socioeconomic Fabric Of Women's Lives, Ann M. Oberhauser, Anne-Marie Turnage

Ann Oberhauser

Throughout the coalfields of central Appalachia, working-class people are engaging in alternative means of economic survival. For many, the region's endemic poverty is now worsening as tremendous job losses in coal mining diminish the historic source of employment for working -class men. In order to secure the necessities of life for themselves and their families, working-class women are not only entering the paid labor force but also turning to unregulated forms of income generation that lie outside the formal, wage-earning economy.


The Literature Of Contemporary Witchcraft: Formalists, Femininsts, And Free Spirits, Marilyn R. Pukkila Mar 1999

The Literature Of Contemporary Witchcraft: Formalists, Femininsts, And Free Spirits, Marilyn R. Pukkila

Marilyn R. Pukkila

A bibliographic essay on the writings of contemporary Witchcraft, from the late 1890s to 1998.


Picture This: Stephen King’S Queer Gothic, Steven Bruhm Dec 1998

Picture This: Stephen King’S Queer Gothic, Steven Bruhm

Steven Bruhm

No abstract provided.


Elizabeth Moody, Jan Wellington Dec 1998

Elizabeth Moody, Jan Wellington

Jan Wellington

No abstract provided.


Masculinidad Natural Y Masculinidad Autoconsciente En 'Don Segundo Sombra' Y 'El Reino De Este Mundo', Cesar Valverde Dec 1998

Masculinidad Natural Y Masculinidad Autoconsciente En 'Don Segundo Sombra' Y 'El Reino De Este Mundo', Cesar Valverde

Cesar Valverde

No abstract provided.


Del Relato A La Pantalla: La Alteridad En Cabeza De Vaca, Cesar Valverde Dec 1998

Del Relato A La Pantalla: La Alteridad En Cabeza De Vaca, Cesar Valverde

Cesar Valverde

No abstract provided.