The Sex Lives of Saints: An Erotics of Ancient Hagiography

English

ISBN: 2370003457

EAN: 2370003457278

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Release Date: 01/01/2011

Synopsis:

Virginia Burrus argues that the early accounts of the lives of saints are not anti-erotic but rather convey a sublimely transgressive "counter-eroticism" that resists the marital, procreative ethic of sexuality found in other strands of Christian tradition.

The Sex Lives of Saints: An Erotics of Ancient Hagiography

Illustrated: No

Format: eBook - EPUB

Pages: 224