Jewels of Authority

Download or read book Jewels of Authority written by Laurie Patton and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2002-05-02 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume seek to introduce a level of theoretical analysis by means of close readings of situations in which women are given or denied authority in ritual and interpretive contexts. This approach encompasses not only how women are represented, but also particular strategies of debate about women, how women are depicted as negotiating certain kinds of authority; and how women might resist traditional authority in specific colonial and post colonial situations.