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

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Author / Creator:Boss, Sarah.
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
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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