Violated and transcended bodies: gender, martyrdom, and asceticism in early christianity
Auteur :
Streete, Gail P.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009054157
Date de publication :
3 juin 2021
Dimensions :
17,5 x 12,7 x 0,5 cm
Poids :
82 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This Element covers social construction of the ideas of body and gender in Late Antiquity and Early Christianity, Martyrdom and asceticism as Christian performances that overcome human limitations, and analyses the relationship of gender to status in martyrologies, hagiographies, and apocryphal early Christian literature.