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Shame, the Church and the Regulation of Female Sexuality book cover

1st Edition

Shame, the Church and the Regulation of Female Sexuality

By Miryam Clough Copyright 2017
218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge
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Shame strikes at the heart of human individuals rupturing relationships, extinguishing joy and, at times, provoking conflict and violence. 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. Using a study of... Read more

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

Biography

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.

"This work is mandatory to anyone looking to study religion on the island of Ireland; anyone engaging with state control of citizen’s bodies; anyone looking at collusion between institutional churches and state governments; and anyone engaging with shame research."

- Kristen Nielsen Donnelly, Independent Scholar

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