Bush, Laura L., authorUtah State University Press, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032004http://hdl.handle.net/10217/87774Includes bibliographical references and index.The central issue Bush finds in these works is how their authors have dealt with the authority of Mormon Church leaders. As she puts it in her preface, "I use the phrase 'faithful transgression' to describe moments in the texts when each writer, explicitly or implicitly, commits herself in writing to trust her own ideas and authority over official religious authority while also conceiving of and depicting herself to be a 'faithful' member of the Church." Bush recognizes her book as her own act of faithful transgression. Writing it involved wrestling, she states, "with my own deeply ingrained religious beliefs and my equally compelling education in feminist theories that mean to liberate and empower women." Faithful Transgressions examines a remarkable group of authors and their highly readable and entertaining books. In producing the first significant book-length study of Mormon women's autobiographical writing, Bush rides a wave of memoir publishing and academic interest in autobiography and other life narratives. As she elucidates these works in relation to the religious tradition that played a major role in shaping them, she not only positions them in relation to feminist theory and current work on women's life writings but ties them to the long literary tradition of spiritual autobiography.Narrating optimism, faith, and divine intervention: Mary Ann Hafen, recollections of a handcart pioneer of 1860: a woman's life on the Mormon frontier -- Defending and condemning a polygamous life: Annie Clark Tanner, a Mormon mother -- Truth telling about a temporal and a spiritual life: Juanita Brooks, quicksand and cactus: a memoir of the southern Mormon frontier -- Remedying race and religious prejudice: Wynetta Willis Martin, Black Mormon tells her story -- A home windswept with paradox: Terry Tempest Williams, refuge: an unnatural history of family and place -- Training to be a good Mormon girl while longing for fame: Phyllis Barber, how I got cultured: a Nevada memoir.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.American prose literature -- Mormon authors -- History and criticismAmerican prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticismAmerican prose literature -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticismWomen authors, American -- Biography -- History and criticismWomen authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- West (U.S.)Women pioneers -- Biography -- History and criticismMormon women -- Biography -- History and criticismWomen -- West (U.S.) -- Intellectual lifeWomen and literature -- West (U.S.)Autobiography -- Mormon authorsAutobiography -- Women authorsWest (U.S.) -- Biography -- History and criticismTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.