@book{2020:flavin:constructi, title = {Constructions of Feminine Identity in the Catholic Tradition}, year = {2020}, note = {Christopher M. Flavin examines the ways in which late classical medieval women’s writings serve as a means of emphasizing both faith and social identity within a distinctly Christian, and later Catholic, tradition, which remains a major part of the understanding of faith and the self. Flavin focuses on key texts from the lives of desert saints and the Passio Perpetua to the autobiographies of Counter-Reformation women like Teresa of Ávila to illustrate the connections between the self and the divine.}, edition = {1}, publisher = {Lexington}, address = {Lanham}, series = {}, volume = {}, author = {Flavin, Christopher M.} }