Shame, the Church and the Regulation of Female Sexuality

ISBN-13: 9780367886530 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 208 str.

Miryam Clough

Opis

This book explores the idea that shame has historically been, and continues to be, used by an oftentimes patriarchal Christian Church as a mechanism to control and regulate female sexuality and to displace men’s ambivalence about sex. It is a fresh take on the issue of shame and gender in the context of religious belief and practice. As suc

Spis treści

Introduction

1 Overview

2 Towards an Understanding of Shame

3 Shame: Affect and Emotion

4 Shaming the Feminine

5 Embodied Shame

6 Sexual Ambivalence: Why Men Shame Women about Sex

7 Shame and Transgressive Female Sexuality in Ireland

8 Reforming the Feminine: The Magdalen Laundries

Conclusion

O autorze

Miryam Clough received her PhD on shame and female sexuality from the University of Bristol, UK, and has written on the topic of shame in a variety of contexts.