Christ's Body

Identity, Culture and Society in Late Medieval Writings

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Christ's Body by Sarah Beckwith, Taylor and Francis
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Author: Sarah Beckwith ISBN: 9781134761562
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: August 4, 2005
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Sarah Beckwith
ISBN: 9781134761562
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: August 4, 2005
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

At the very heart of Christian doctrine and late medieval practice was the image of the crucified Christ. Sarah Beckwith examines the social meaning of this image across a range of key devotional English texts, using insights from anthropology and cultural studies.
The image of the crucified Christ, she argues, acted as a place where the tensions between the sacred and the profane, the individual and the collective, were played out. The medieval obsession with the contours of Christ's body functioned to challenge and transform social and political relations.
A fascinating and challenging book of interest not only to students of medieval literature, but also to cultural historians and women's studies specialists.

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At the very heart of Christian doctrine and late medieval practice was the image of the crucified Christ. Sarah Beckwith examines the social meaning of this image across a range of key devotional English texts, using insights from anthropology and cultural studies.
The image of the crucified Christ, she argues, acted as a place where the tensions between the sacred and the profane, the individual and the collective, were played out. The medieval obsession with the contours of Christ's body functioned to challenge and transform social and political relations.
A fascinating and challenging book of interest not only to students of medieval literature, but also to cultural historians and women's studies specialists.

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