Writing Catholic Women: Contemporary International Catholic Girlhood Narratives »

Jeana DelRosso is an Assistant Professor of English and Women's Studies at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.

Writing Catholic Women examines the interplay of gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, and sexuality through the lens of Catholicism in a wide range of works by women writers, forging interdisciplinary connections among women's studies, religion, and late twentieth-century literature.

Introduction: Contemporary International Catholic Literature by Women
• Sin, Sexuality, Selfhood, Sainthood, Insanity: Contemporary Catholic Girlhood Narratives
• The Convent as Colonist: Catholicism in the Works of Contemporary Women Writers of the Americas
• Catholicism's Other(ed) Holy Trinity: Race, Class, and Gender in Black Catholic Girl School Narratives
• Catholicism and Magical Realism: Religious Syncretism in the Works of Contemporary Women Writers
• What's So Funny?: Feminism, Catholicism, and Humor in Contemporary Women's Literature
• Conclusion: Parting Thoughts from a Catholic Girl