Woman and Nation
No CoverPostcolonial feminist reading of John's Gospel, linking Korean colonial memory to female characters and Jewish nationalism.
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Postcolonial feminist reading of John's Gospel, linking Korean colonial memory to female characters and Jewish nationalism.
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 th...
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Academic discussion of female sexuality and gender roles in John
References to crucifixion and colonial-era violence in analysis
No profanity present
No substance use depicted
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Theological analysis of the Gospel of John as central focus
No fantasy magic present
No occult or demonology content present
Postcolonial feminist critique of nationalism, empire, and patriarchy
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Discusses colonial oppression and patriarchal control of women
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