The Sex Lives of Saints: An Erotics of Ancient HagiographyUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, 3 авг. 2010 г. - Всего страниц: 224 Has a repressive morality been the primary contribution of Christianity to the history of sexuality? The ascetic concerns that pervade ancient Christian texts would seem to support such a common assumption. Focusing on hagiographical literature, Virginia Burrus pursues a fresh path of interpretation, arguing that the early accounts of the lives of saints are not antierotic but rather convey a sublimely transgressive "countereroticism" that resists the marital, procreative ethic of sexuality found in other strands of Christian tradition. |
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Sublimation and the Arts of Romance | 19 |
Martyrdom Masochism and Female Auto Biography | 53 |
Empire Sadism and the Soldier Saint | 91 |
The Lives of Holy Harlots | 128 |
Postscript Catching My Breath | 160 |
Notes | 163 |
Bibliography | 199 |
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Acknowledgments | 215 |
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