Act One. Comfort the Waste Places, Defend the Violated Earth. An Ecofeminist Reading of Isaiah 51:1-52:6 and Tracy Chapman's "The Rape of the World". Act One. Comfort the Waste Places, Defend the Violated Earth.

This paper 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 portrayed as mother. I will explore the use of rape imagery and how both pieces portray the negative effects of human...

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Main Author: Angela Sue Sawyer (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Schüren Verlag 2020
Series:Journal for Religion, Film and Media
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