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Lädt ... Perpetua's Journey: Faith, Gender, and Power in the Roman Empirevon Jennifer A. Rea, Liz Clarke (Illustrator)
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The newest issue in Oxford’s Graphic History Series transports readers into a striking martyr narrative set in the ancient Christian world: the story of Perpetua’s last week of life, as represented in the first-person account often attributed to her as a “diary” and included in the Passion of Perpetua and Felicity. The Passion frequently appears on syllabi for courses in early Christianity or the history of Christianity more broadly. (An informal poll on Twitter showed that 82% of the 73 respondents have assigned it.) Valued for how vividly it recounts the narrative of a group of male and female Christians in conflict with local authorities, the text is a boon to teachers who want to use it to highlight women in the ancient Christian world. Rea and Clarke’s attractive and affordable new treatment will only increase the Passion’s popularity in classrooms, as it supplements its story and ancillary resources with a graphic representation of the text (1-86). Gehört zu Verlagsreihen
"Perpetua's Journey is a graphic history set in the Roman Empire in 203. Based on a document called the Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis, Perpetua's Journey narrates one woman's determination to act as a legal advocate on behalf of others at a time when women were forbidden to do so.Through a mix of graphic novel chapters and academic writing, the Passio unfolds, depicting how local officials contend with Christianity's rising popularity in Carthage, as well as Perpetua's open declaration of her Christian faith which clashes with expectations from male authority figures, including her father"--Provided by publisher. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)272.1092Religions History, geographic treatment, biography of Christianity Persecutions Apostolic church by imperial Rome (1st-4th century)Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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Rea and Clarke do a good job here of using historically accurate visuals to create immediate context for students and to explicate some of the text's more obscure passages. The graphic novel part of the book is accompanied by analyses which help to explain broader social and historical contexts, and to discuss the various methods by which a historian might fruitfully approach a text in this genre, as well as by an up-to-date translation of the full text from the Latin. I might have liked a little more engagement on Rea's part with the ways in which religious faith (or lack thereof) can inform our readings of a hagiographic work, but she may rightfully have felt that was too sensitive a topic to be able to navigate well within such a small space.
Still, I think Perpetua's Journey is a text that's likely to go over well in the classroom, especially since I've known students to bounce hard off the Passion in the past when dealing with older translations. ( )