Empress and handmaid : on nature and gender in the cult of the Virgin Mary /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Boss, Sarah.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Cassell, 2000.
Description:	x, 253 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Devotion to. Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Art. Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Motherhood. Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Psychology. Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint. Immaculate Conception. Dominance (Psychology) Feminist theory. Nature -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Women in Christianity.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4306719

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ISBN:	0304339261 0304707813
Notes:	Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Bristol, 1993. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Plates
Acknowledgements
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The decline of Mary's motherhood, 1: Visual images
2. The decline of Mary's motherhood, 2: Written texts
3. The cult of the Virgin in the rationalization of Western civilization
4. From heaven restored to the devil defied: Mary's immaculate conception
5. Domination and repression: psychological aspects of changes in Marian devotion
6. Virginity and sorrow in Mary's childbearing
Conclusion: looking forward
Appendix. The concept of domination
Bibliography
Index

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