Empress and handmaid : on nature and gender in the cult of the Virgin Mary /
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Author / Creator: | Boss, Sarah. |
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Imprint: | London ; New York : Cassell, 2000. |
Description: | x, 253 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4306719 |
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