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English
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Givign Faithful Testimony : Theatrical Performance, Mormon Women's Sexuality, and "The Vagina Monologues"
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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"This thesis rests at the intersection of women's studies, performance studies, and Mormon studies. Using two case studies--a performance of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues at Utah Valley State College and a Sunstone magazine conference session known as The Mormon Vagina Monologues --this thesis explores how Mormon women have used the theatrical medium to explore their sexuality. By staging or scripting their sexual lives within a community of actors or playwrights, and for a public audience, these women give faithful testimony--not about their religious faith, but about their sexual selves. This public testimony has generated, but it also has enabled the women to find healing, foster empowerment, and reconstitute community." [Author's abstract]