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This book examines how early Stuart queens navigated their roles as
political players and artistic patrons in a culture deeply
conflicted about the legitimacy of female authority. Anna of
Denmark and Henrietta Maria both employed powerful female
archetypes such as Amazons and the Virgin Mary in court
performances. Susan Dunn-Hensley analyzes how darker images of
usurping, contaminating women, epitomized by the witch, often
merged with these celebratory depictions. By tracing these
competing representations through the Jacobean and Caroline
periods, Dunn-Hensley peels back layers of misogyny from historical
scholarship and points to rich new lines of inquiry. Few have
written about Anna's religious beliefs, and comparing her
Catholicism with Henrietta Maria's illuminates the ways in which
both women were politically subversive. This book offers an
important corrective to centuries of negative representation, and
contributes to a fuller understanding of the role of queenship in
the English Civil War and the fall of the Stuart monarchy.
This book examines how early Stuart queens navigated their roles as
political players and artistic patrons in a culture deeply
conflicted about the legitimacy of female authority. Anna of
Denmark and Henrietta Maria both employed powerful female
archetypes such as Amazons and the Virgin Mary in court
performances. Susan Dunn-Hensley analyzes how darker images of
usurping, contaminating women, epitomized by the witch, often
merged with these celebratory depictions. By tracing these
competing representations through the Jacobean and Caroline
periods, Dunn-Hensley peels back layers of misogyny from historical
scholarship and points to rich new lines of inquiry. Few have
written about Anna's religious beliefs, and comparing her
Catholicism with Henrietta Maria's illuminates the ways in which
both women were politically subversive. This book offers an
important corrective to centuries of negative representation, and
contributes to a fuller understanding of the role of queenship in
the English Civil War and the fall of the Stuart monarchy.
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Women and Pilgrimage (Hardcover)
E. Moore Quinn, Alison T. Smith; Contributions by Sharenda Holland Barlar, Maryjane Dunn, Susan Dunn-Hensley, …
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R2,828
Discovery Miles 28 280
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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Women and Pilgrimage presents scholarly essays that address the
lacunae in the literature on this topic. The content includes
well-trodden domains of pilgrimage scholarship like sacred sites
and holy places. In addition, the book addresses some of the
less-well-known dimensions of pilgrimage, such as the performances
that take place along pilgrims' paths; the ephemeral nature of
identifying as a pilgrim, and the economic, social and cultural
dimensions of migratory travel. Most importantly, the book's
feminist lens encourages readers to consider questions of
authenticity, essentialism, and even what is means to be a "woman
pilgrim". The volume's six sections are entitled: Questions of
Authenticity; Performances and Celebratory Reclamations; Walking
Out: Women Forging Their Own Paths; Women Saints: Their Influence
and Their Power; Sacred Sites: Their Lineages and Their Uses; and
Different Migratory Paths. Each section will enrich readers'
knowledge of the experiences of pilgrim women. Readers'
understanding will be further enhanced by the book's: *
interdisciplinary nature: The contributors hail from a wide range
of disciplines, including Anthropology, Political Science, French,
Spanish, Fine Art, and Religious Studies; * uniqueness: The text
brings together previously scattered resources into one volume; *
feminist perspective: Much of the subject matter utilizes feminist
theories and methodologies and argues that further research will be
welcome. The book will be of interest to scholars of pilgrimage
studies in general as well as those interested in women, travel,
tourism, and the variety of religious experiences.
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