Reading Mary alongside Indian surrogate mothers : violent love, oppressive liberation, and infancy narratives / Sharon Jacob.
Series: Bible and cultural studiesPublication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.Description: xxiii, 200 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781137542526
- 1137542527
Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | Dalton McCaughey Library | Level 1 | FT70.5 J15 | Available | 33865001583563 |
Includes bibliographic references (p. 183-193) and index.
1. Breast, womb, empire -- 2. Desired mothers, discounted mothers : the postcolonial surrogate mother emerges -- 3. Exploited exploiters, victimized victimizers : reading the Matthean mothers alongside the contextual body of the Indian surrogate mother in postcolonial India -- 4. Surrogacy as performance of violent love : reading Luke's Magnificat alongside the bodies of Indian surrogate mothers -- 5. The Synoptic Marys and the Synoptic hierarchies -- Conclusion.