Reading Mary Alongside Indian Surrogate Mothers : Violent Love, Oppressive Liberation, and Infancy Narratives
1st ed. 2015
by
Sharon Jacob
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
The Bible and Cultural Studies
ISBN-10
1137542527
ISBN-13
9781137542526
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 7th, 2015
Print length
200 Pages
Weight
416 grams
Dimensions
14.80 x 22.40 x 1.80 cms
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This book attempts to read the character of Mary in the infancy narratives of Luke and Matthew alongside the lives of experiences of the Indian surrogate mother living a postcolonial India. Reading Mary through these lenses helps us see this mother and her actions in a more ambivalent light, as a mother whose love is both violent and altruistic.
This book constructs the character of Mary found in the infancy narratives through the lived experiences of Indian surrogate mothers living in contemporary India today. The motherhood performed by these mothers helps us see Mary and her choice to become a mother to Jesus in a more complex and ambiguous light. The character of Mary has often been cast as that of either an empowered mother or a victimized woman. This book complicates her character by reading the infancy narratives in conjunction with postcolonial theory, gender, and sexuality studies, and race/whiteness theories. Sharon Jacob constructs a maternal figure who is both a hero and a victim, performing a maternal love that at once liberates and oppresses her.
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