RT Book T1 Place and identity in the lives of Antony, Paul, and Mary of Egypt: desert as borderland T2 Religion and spatial studies A1 Mena, Peter Anthony 19XX- LA English PP Cham, Switzerland PB Palgrave Macmillan YR 2019 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1675681171 AB Introduction: mapping the desert, mapping identity in late antiquity -- AnzaldĂșa, 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. NO Includes bibliographical references and index CN BX4662 SN 9783030173272 SN 3030173275 SN 9783030173302 SN 3030173305 K1 Athanasius : Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria : -373 : Life of St. Antony K1 Jerome : Saint : -419 or 420 : Vita Pauli K1 Sophronius : Saint, Patriarch of Jerusalem : approximately 560-approximately 638 : Life of Mary of Egypt K1 AnzaldĂșa, Gloria : Borderlands K1 Christian hagiography : History K1 Religious biography : History and criticism K1 Deserts in literature K1 Deserts : Religious aspects : Christianity K1 Space in literature K1 Borderlands (AnzaldĂșa, Gloria) K1 Life of St. Antony (Athanasius, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria) K1 Vita Pauli (Jerome, Saint) K1 Christian hagiography K1 Deserts ; Religious aspects ; Christianity K1 Religious biography K1 Criticism, interpretation, etc K1 History