Place and identity in the lives of Antony, Paul, and Mary of Egypt: desert as borderland

Introduction: mapping the desert, mapping identity in late antiquity -- Anzaldúa, space theorist: mapping ancient hagiographies -- Tierra Natal: Athanasius's desert as mestiza homeland -- Saints, centaurs, and satyrs: going wild in the desert -- The holy harlotry of mestizaje -- Conclusion: the...

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Main Author: Mena, Peter Anthony 19XX- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cham, Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan [2019]
In:Year: 2019
Series/Journal:Religion and spatial studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hagiography / Mittlerer Osten / Topology
Further subjects:B Christian hagiography
B Athanasius Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria (-373) Life of St. Antony
B Religious biography History and criticism
B Jerome Saint (-419 or 420) Vita Pauli
B Borderlands (Anzaldúa, Gloria)
B Vita Pauli (Jerome, Saint)
B Deserts Religious aspects Christianity
B Religious biography
B History
B Deserts in literature
B Life of St. Antony (Athanasius, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria)
B Sophronius Saint, Patriarch of Jerusalem (approximately 560-approximately 638) Life of Mary of Egypt
B Deserts ; Religious aspects ; Christianity
B Christian hagiography History
B Space in literature
B Anzaldúa, Gloria Borderlands
B Criticism, interpretation, etc
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9783030173289
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Summary:Introduction: mapping the desert, mapping identity in late antiquity -- Anzaldúa, space theorist: mapping ancient hagiographies -- Tierra Natal: Athanasius's desert as mestiza homeland -- Saints, centaurs, and satyrs: going wild in the desert -- The holy harlotry of mestizaje -- Conclusion: the functions of the frontera in the late ancient imagination.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:3030173275