| Woman and Nation an Intercontextual Reading of the Gospel of John Contributor(s): Kim, Jean (Author) |
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ISBN: 0391042122 ISBN-13: 9780391042124 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $207.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2004 Annotation: Kim reads the Gospel of John from a postcolonial feminist perspective as a patriarchal nationalist discourse. The author examines effects of colonialism in twentieth-century Korean cultural experience, as seen in social memory (pervasive, emotional, nonlinear experience of the collective) or oral traditions, to develop an intercontextual lens through which she examines the role of the Johannine female characters in supporting Jesus's role as a national hero and in functioning as continuers of the nation.In her unique handling of the Gospel of John, the author describes how John's resistance to Roman imperial power defines and shapes the boundaries of his Jewish nationalism in relation to the symbolic meanings attached to the female characters' sexuality and gender roles. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics |
| Dewey: 226.506 |
| LCCN: 2004005138 |
| Series: Biblical Interpretation |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.54" W x 9.24" (1.36 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: Kim reads the Gospel of John from a postcolonial feminist perspective as a patriarchal nationalist discourse. The author examines effects of colonialism in twentieth-century Korean cultural experience, as seen in social memory (pervasive, emotional, nonlinear experience of the collective) or oral traditions, to develop an intercontextual lens through which she examines the role of the Johannine female characters in supporting Jesus's role as a national hero and in functioning as continuers of the nation. In her unique handling of the Gospel of John, the author describes how John's resistance to Roman imperial power defines and shapes the boundaries of his Jewish nationalism in relation to the symbolic meanings attached to the female characters' sexuality and gender roles. |