Perpetua's Journey

Show women's view on the complex relationship between ancient power and sex

Combine the continuous art, history and social commentary of the events described in Passio

Contains the translation of Passio and the conclusion that ask students to question and evaluate what they learned

A consideration of power, gender and religious problems of the ancient world, Peruptua's journey: Faith, gender and power of the Roman Empire is the historical history of Rome in the year 203, the story of the Christian martyr Perpetua. The passion of St. Perpetua and Felicity is the first existing diary written by Christian women. Vibia Perpetua is a young mother living in Rome in Africa and chose to publicly declare Christian faith at the age of 22. Despite being not alone, she died for her behavior; she was a member of a group of Christian martyrs, including some of the slaves in 203 prison emperors Septimisius Siver My son 's birthday celebration was held.

History remembers Perpetua as she recorded a diary during imprisonment. It is called "the passion of Perpetua and Felicity" (Felicity is a slave girl arrested by Perpetua). This is the oldest document from Christian women. The emotions of the diary are almost unbearable. Perpetua describes the pain that she still has breastfeeding babies. She explained the father's crying father's visit to the prison. She tried to kiss her hand while trying to make her faith abandon. Stark said that Christians stand out because they made a "micro welfare state" to help unhappy people. They accepted a woman's baby. When many women have no right, they are giving women a leadership position 12-year old girls often have middle-aged men. got married.

The graphic representation of Passion that was included in Perpetua's journey was carefully executed by Clarke and strengthened the best way to get closer to the text. It may seem strange to say that the graphical representation can enhance the authenticity of the text. After all, "graphics" is only the latest label of what we have called "manga". It customarily represents super heroes, monsters, and fantasy creatures. However, in the past 30 years graphic media has been used to describe the history of events, memoirs, and public past exploration. A spectator that graphically expresses historical events such as Art Spiegelman's Maus, Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, and Alison Bechdel's entertainment facilities can actually see the work delivered in graphics that represent real events. The exact and necessary story whose credibility is often expressed by actors who are the core of the story