Animals, Women, and Writing Impurity: From Joy to Compassion

This paper examines the subjectivity of the woman and the animal through the critical lens of écriture feminine, the poststructuralist, feminist theory of Hélène Cixous, Julia Kristeva, and Luce Irigaray, and queries how these theorists have used religious notions either to bolster or challenge thei...

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Main Author: Birch, Eva Lennox (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. [2013]
In: Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 288-302
Further subjects:B Feminism
B Literature
B Impurity
B Leviticus
B animal studies
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