Comfort the Waste Places, Defend the Violated Earth : An Ecofeminist Reading of Isaiah 51:1-52:6 and Tracy Chapman's Song "The Rape of the World"
This article compares the personification of Zion in Isaiah 51:1–52:6 as a mother and daughter with Tracy Chapman’s 1995 song “The Rape of the World”, where the earth is personified as a mother. These works share the power of metaphor in prophecy, poetry, and song to provoke political and social...
Main Author: | Sawyer, Angela Sue |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Karl Franzens Universität Graz
2020-06-01
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Series: | Journal for Religion, Film and Media |
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Online Access: | https://unipub.uni-graz.at/jrfm/periodical/titleinfo/5544322 |
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