Redefining theory: re-presenting woman as savior

• Main Author: Rigby-Simmons, Tamala Tamara'
• Format: Others
• Published: DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center 2011
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities
• Online Access: http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/239; http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1784&context=dissertations

This study examines why it is that the title “Savior” has been reserved only for men, when it is that women, too, deserve the title. After all, save is what women do. Because of the Biblical and subsequent patriarchal paradigm, men only are attributed the title, but what we fmd in certain texts is that women are saviors as well. It is through women’s somewhat magical feminism that she is able to heal, make sacrifices, and save, even when others are not aware it is necessary. The writer re-presents the notion of Savior whereby Savior as Woman is constructed culturally with the women saving not only their families, but the community at large. She has to step outside of herself and concern herself with the well-being of others. Using the Savior as Woman theory is a viable textual approach to literature that allows the women in the text to be seen in a more flattering light and one that they deserve but have been deprived of for numerous reasons. It is one that is viable and can help one get a deeper textual understanding.