Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Abbey of Gethsemani - This location is in Kentucky and is associated with Thomas Merton.

Avebury - This is a small village between Oxford and Glastonbury, England. It is the site of a megalithic circle of stones larger than Stonehenge.

Crete - This place is an island in the Mediterranean Sea south of Greece.

Feminine Wound - This item comes from society's insistence on the inferiority of women. Feeling that she is the only woman who feels it, Sue tries to avoid facing up to it, but comes to see that all women...
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