The Sex Lives Of Saints by Virginia Burrus
An Erotics of Ancient Hagiography
A scholarly exploration of ancient Christian saints’ lives that traces how erotic desire, chastity, and sanctity are deeply intertwined. Drawing on feminist, queer, and psychoanalytic theory, it rereads narratives of virgin martyrs and ascetics to illuminate how rhetoric surrounding desire, suffering, and power shapes holiness and the very category of the saint.
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- Published
- 2004
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 200-250
- Original Language
- English
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