“The burning of Joan was an attempt to deaden a great deal more than a young woman with pretensions of prophesy. It was also an attempt to eradicate the nascent possibility of agency in a woman, of a possible weakness in the dominant discourse, requiring constant vigilance and cleansing, lest it be uncovered.”
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For Fear of the Fire: Joan of Arc and the Limits of Subjectivity
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For Fear of the Fire: Joan of Arc and the Limits of Subjectivity
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