Writing Catholic Women

1. Introduction: Catholic Literature, Academia, and Feminism
Jeana DelRosso

2. Contemporary International Catholic Literature by Women
Jeana DelRosso

3. Sin, Sexuality, Selfhood, Sainthood, Insanity: Contemporary Catholic Girlhood Narratives
Jeana DelRosso

4. The Convent as Colonist: Catholicism in the Works of Contemporary Women Writers of the Americas
Jeana DelRosso

5. Catholicism’s Other(Ed) Holy Trinity: Race, Class, and Gender in Black Catholic Girl School Narratives
Jeana DelRosso

6. Catholicism and Magical Realism: Religious Syncretism in the Works of Contemporary Women Writers
Jeana DelRosso

7. What’s So Funny? Feminism, Catholicism, and Humor in Contemporary Women’s Literature
Jeana DelRosso

8. Conclusion: Catholic Girls, Grown Up: Parting Thoughts from a Catholic Woman
Jeana DelRosso

Keywords: Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, Gender Studies, Catholicism