Cauldron of Changes: Feminist Spirituality in Fantastic Fiction
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (705 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786473762 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 215 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Provides an abundance of information." --Choice"A well-organized analysiseffective readingspresents an informed perspective." --SFRA Review
Pop Curious said Fantastic Spirituality. Using literary studies on feminist spirituality such as Carol Christ's Diving Deep and Surfacing: Women Writers on Spiritual Quest (1980) as a springboard, author Janice C. Crosby successfully delves deeper into issues of spirituality in American women's fiction in her examination of literary critics and feminist spirituality theorists in Cauldron of Changes: Feminist Spirituality in Fantastic Fiction. Analysis . A.O'Neil said valuable research. Excellent research and intriguing tho read, it is hard to put down. Very useful for research
Crosby, an assistant professor of English at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, serves on the editorial staff for FEMSPEC: An Interdisciplinary Feminist Journal. She lives in Baton Rouge. . Janice C
The spiritual dimensions in the fantastic works of both firmly established and newer writers--including such talents as Marion Zimmer Bradley, Alice Walker, Patricia Kennealy, Octavia Butler, Toni Morrison and Ntozake Shange--are examined in this book. Special emphasis is given to both the struggle to provide an alternative to men-centered experience and to the need to articulate ways in which feminists can achieve personal and social power.. The author links their fantastic novels to actual currents within the feminist spirituality movement, addressing the genre's use of goddess worship, psychic phenomena, and re