Date of Award
Spring 5-16-2014
Degree Type
Capstone Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Studies (BA)
Department
Cultural Studies
First Advisor
Carmelo Esterrich
Second Advisor
Robert Watkins
Third Advisor
Steven Corey
Abstract
This project traces the decline of authority for Mormon women coupled with the rise of defined gender roles within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in order to contextualize contemporary Mormon feminism. Using a radical feminist analysis, this project will explore how contemporary Mormon women relate to their early Mormon sisters and the ways in which the culture and doctrine of Mormonism often converge, lending itself to a unique feminist perspective. This project argues that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, as currently practiced, is not just inherently patriarchal, but un-egalitarian, and that contemporary Mormon feminism seeks to open a discussion to address this imbalance and, ultimately, correct it.
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Robinson Pardi, Taylee, "A Divine Inequality: Contextualizing Gender and Authority in Contemporary Mormon Feminism" (2014). Cultural Studies Capstone Papers. 5.
https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cultural_studies/5
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