Scenting Saintliness: The Ailing Body, Chicana Feminism, and Communal Identity in Ancient Christianity

This article brings together literary theorist Suzanne Bost's analysis of health, illness, and the body, as described in Chicana feminist literature, and a Christian hagiography from the fifth century, the Life and Activity of the Holy and Blessed Teacher Syncletica, in order to argue that the...

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Main Author: Mena, Peter Anthony (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Indiana Univ. Press [2017]
In: Journal of feminist studies in religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 5-20
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Chicanos / Body / Handicap / Feminism / Church / Hagiography / Social identity
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
KBR Latin America
KCD Hagiography; saints
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
Parallel Edition:Electronic