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The Sex Lives of Saints : an Erotics of Ancient Hagiography.

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burrus, Virginia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Oct. 2007.
Colección:Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Introduction: Hagiography and the History of Sexuality; Chapter 1. Fancying Hermits: Sublimation and the Arts of Romance; The Queer Life of Paul the Hermit; The Queer Marriage of Malchus the Monk; Hilarion's Last Laugh; Prolongations: Fantasies of a Faun; Reading (as) Another, Woman; Chapter 2. Dying for a Life: Martyrdom, Masochism, and Female (Auto) Biography; Praising Paula; Remembering Macrina; Confessing Monica; Testimony to (Woman's) Survival; Fragments of an Autobiography; Chapter 3. Hybrid Desire: Empire, Sadism, and the Soldier Saint.
  • Domination and Submission in the Life of MartinSulpicius's Passion; The Hagiographer, the Ethnographer, and the Native; Witnessing Ambivalence; Chapter 4. Secrets of Seduction: The Lives of Holy Harlots; The Lamb, the Wolf, and the Fool: Mary, Niece of Abraham; Seduction of the Eye: Pelagia of Antioch; Sacrifice in the Desert: Mary of Egypt; The Joy of Harlotry; Postscript (Catching My Breath); Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z; Acknowledgments.