Author: Kathleen Zamboni McCormick
Publisher: Sand Hill Review Press
Published: 2015-11-15
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781937818326
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSometimes glib, sometimes profound, the musings of young Bridget Flagherty will have many a Catholic (and a lot of others) in stitches. As an impressionable child, Bridget is frightened by Catholic iconography - the snake at Mary's feet multiply in her dresser drawers and the devil is everywhere. But what do they really symbolize? Sexuality, clashes between her Irish and Italian families, even garlic and leather handbags are sources of family anxiety. For a while, Bridget creates supernatural worlds that resolve the tensions of real life, performing exorcisms, creating relics, and discovering the "holy" in holy water. Her panoply of Italian relatives-glamorous Santa Anna, abused Aunt Maria, sophisticated Eleanor with a New York "Fellini pageboy"-offer sensual alternatives to the repression of her immediate family. And as she discovers feminism from a "women's-libber" neighbor and a stash of romance novels, her precarious religious world is threatened. Are her maiden aunts from Staten Island really lesbians? Are her uncles personally encouraged to be abusive by a sexist God-the-F? And what about her own mysterious virginity? Caught between the Church and the larger world, Bridget's Virgin Mary helps her enter adolescence with a new awareness and independence.
Book Synopsis Dodging Satan by : Kathleen Zamboni McCormick
Download or read book Dodging Satan written by Kathleen Zamboni McCormick and published by Sand Hill Review Press. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes glib, sometimes profound, the musings of young Bridget Flagherty will have many a Catholic (and a lot of others) in stitches. As an impressionable child, Bridget is frightened by Catholic iconography - the snake at Mary's feet multiply in her dresser drawers and the devil is everywhere. But what do they really symbolize? Sexuality, clashes between her Irish and Italian families, even garlic and leather handbags are sources of family anxiety. For a while, Bridget creates supernatural worlds that resolve the tensions of real life, performing exorcisms, creating relics, and discovering the "holy" in holy water. Her panoply of Italian relatives-glamorous Santa Anna, abused Aunt Maria, sophisticated Eleanor with a New York "Fellini pageboy"-offer sensual alternatives to the repression of her immediate family. And as she discovers feminism from a "women's-libber" neighbor and a stash of romance novels, her precarious religious world is threatened. Are her maiden aunts from Staten Island really lesbians? Are her uncles personally encouraged to be abusive by a sexist God-the-F? And what about her own mysterious virginity? Caught between the Church and the larger world, Bridget's Virgin Mary helps her enter adolescence with a new awareness and independence.
