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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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Indiana Univ. Press
[2017]
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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
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IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KBR Latin America KCD Hagiography; saints |
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Volltext (doi) |
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