The Forbidden Body : Sex, Horror, and the Religious Imagination /

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"Throughout history, the religious imagination has attempted to control nothing so much as our bodies: what they are and what they mean; what we do with them, with whom, and under what circumstances; how they may be displayed-or, more commonly, how they must be hidden. Religious belief and mand...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cowan, Douglas E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sex > Religious aspects.
Popular culture > Religious aspects.
Human body > Religious aspects.
Horror.
Culture populaire > Aspect religieux.
Horreur.
Corps humain > Aspect religieux.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Bodies out of place : fearing flesh in three movements
  • Crab monsters and giant leeches : exploitation and the socially approved body
  • Altared bodies : sexuality, sacrifice, and the horrific aesthetic
  • Sacred flesh : fetishizing the forbidden body
  • Skyclad : sexualizing the dangerous other
  • Darkness within : encountering the enigma
  • Darkness without : sex, transcendence, and the monstrous body
  • Going monstering : the end of the beginning.

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