Speaker: Danielle Beazer Dubrasky

PERSEPHONE AWAKENED: A POETRY READING AND DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATING FEMALE POWER WITHIN A PATRIARCHY

By contrasting the traditional Demeter/Persephone myth with a contemporary interpretation, this session will explore how LDS women negotiate power within patriarchy and the possibilities of creating more balance. Persephone Awakened is a book of poems written in a contemporary voice of Persephone as she addresses a childhood companion whom she loses after her abduction. The …

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