{"product_id":"shame-the-church-and-the-regulation-of-female-sexuality-9780367886530","title":"Shame the Church and the Regulation of Female","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eShame 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing a study of Ireland's Magdalen laundries as a historical example, contemporary feminist theological and theoretical scholarship are utilised to examine why the Church as an institution has routinely colluded with the shaming of individuals, and moreover why women are consistently and overtly shamed on account of, and indeed take the blame for, sex. In addition, the text asks whether the avoidance of shame is in fact functional in men's efforts to adhere to patriarchal gender norms and religious ideals, and whether women end up paying the price for the maintenance of this system\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eKristen Nielsen Donnelly\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIndependent Scholar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Overview\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Towards an Understanding of Shame \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Shame: Affect and Emotion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Shaming the Feminine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Embodied Shame\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Sexual Ambivalence: Why Men Shame Women about Sex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Shame and Transgressive Female Sexuality in Ireland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Reforming the Feminine: The Magdalen Laundries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018086646103,"sku":"9780367886530","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367886530.jpg?v=1750775586","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shame-the-church-and-the-regulation-of-female-sexuality-9780367886530","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}