"Women Talking": Exploring the Theo-ethical, Literary, and Cultural Dimensions of Miriam Toews' Novel and the 2022 Film Adaptation

Friday, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Westin-Navarro A Session ID: M17-500

Hosted by: Mennonite Scholars and Friends

Presiding

Kimberly Penner, presiding

penner.kim@gmail.com

Abstract for Online Program Book (maximum 150 words)

Papers

Love & Anger: Toews and Polley on Pacificism

Authors

Grace Kehler, McMaster University

kehlerg@mcmaster.ca

What follows is an act of female imagination’: Critical Feminist Hermeneutics as a Tool to Address in Mennonite Communities the Issue of Rape and Sexual Violence against Women

Authors

María León-Olarte, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

marialeonolarte@empty.com

Transgression and Accountability: Boundaries and Violence in Miriam Toews’ Women Talking and Jenny Hval’s Girls Against God

Authors

Maxwell Kennel, University of Toronto

max.kennel@gmail.com

Breaking the Silences: A Theo-Ethics of Survival and Healing from Sexual Violence in the Novels of Rudy Wiebe and Miriam Toews

Authors

Susanne Guenther Loewen

sgloewen@stmcollege.ca