This means not only that we are approaching the texts as fully human productions — I
point out that statements
of divine inspiration are statements concerning
ultimate origin and authority, not method
of composition - but even more that we take seriously that aspect
of literature
of most interest to cultural anthropologists: how it gives symbolic expression to human experience.
As an on - and - off - again New Yorker, Morgan represents the
ultimate insider / outsider
point -
of view, embracing and critically distancing herself from her
origins.