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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819033303321

Autore

Song Angeline M.G

Titolo

A Postcolonial Woman’s Encounter with Moses and Miriam / / by Angeline M.G. Song

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015

ISBN

1-137-54392-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Collana

Postcolonialism and Religions

Disciplina

230.041

Soggetti

Bible—Theology

Psychology and religion

Imperialism

Gender identity—Religious aspects

Religion and sociology

Feminist theory

Biblical Studies

Religion and Psychology

Imperialism and Colonialism

Religion and Gender

Religion and Society

Feminism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Confessions of a Chinese-but-not-Chinese adoptee -- A strangely familiar reading strategy -- An upside-down or right-side up view of the world? -- Bal's focalization methodology -- Analyzing the power (im)balance -- A postcolonial woman encounters Moses and Miriam.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is grounded in a theorization of the author's personal story including growing up as a female adoptee of a single parent in a patriarchal context, and current material context as an immigrant in New Zealand.