Common bodies : everyday practices, gender and religion / Maaike de Haardt, Anne-Marie Korte (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haardt, Maaike de, 1954-

Korte, Anne-Marie, 1957-

Series:

Theologische Frauenforschung in Europa ; 6.

Theologische Frauenforschung in Europa ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body--Religious aspects--Congresses.

Human body.

Human body--Religious aspects.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

179 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Münster : Lit, 2002.

Language Note:

English or German.

Summary:

The gendered body in its common, everyday activities and references is the central focus of this book. Recognizing the highly abstract and often "disembodied" character of contemporary discussions on the body in relation to gender, subjectivity and discourse, the authors of this anthology start their inquiries at a more mundane level by studying "common bodies": human bodies and bodily practices in daily situations of (domestic) work and care, of sex, love and violence, and of prayer and ritual. From this angle of "corporeal agency" they discuss the meaning of religion, religiosity, transcendence and/or Divinity.

Notes:

Proceedings of a conference.

ISBN:

3825855783

OCLC:

51223105