Writing Catholic Women 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 Del Rosso posits that the girlhood narratives of such writers constitute highly charged sites of their differing gestures toward Catholicism and argues that an understanding of the ways in which women write about religion from different cultural and racial contexts offers a crucial contribution to current discussions in gender, ethnic, and cultural studies.
Table of Content
Introduction: Contemporary International Catholic Literature by Women Sin, Sexuality, Selfhood, Sainthood, Insanity: Contemporary Catholic Girlhood Narratives The Convent as Colonist: Catholicism in the Works of Contemporary Women Writers of the Americas Catholicism’s Other(ed) Holy Trinity: Race, Class, and Gender in Black Catholic Girl School Narratives Catholicism and Magical Realism: Religious Syncretism in the Works of Contemporary Women Writers What’s So Funny?: Feminism, Catholicism, and Humor in Contemporary Women’s Literature Conclusion: Parting Thoughts from a Catholic Girl
About the author
JEANA DELROSSO is an Assistant Professor of English and Women’s Studies at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, USA. She earned her Ph.D. in English from the University of Maryland, and her articles have appeared in
NWSA Journal and
MELUS.
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