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Medieval identity machines / Jeffrey J. Cohen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome.
- Series:
- Medieval cultures ; v. 35.
- Medieval cultures ; v. 35
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization, Medieval.
- Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.
- Social history.
- Philosophy, Medieval.
- Civilization, Medieval--Study and teaching.
- Middle Ages--Study and teaching.
- Middle Ages.
- Medievalism.
- Human body--Social aspects--History.
- Human body.
- Human body--Symbolic aspects--History.
- Identity (Philosophical concept).
- Identity (Psychology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxix, 336 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Medieval Identity Machines, Jeffrey J. Cohen examines the messiness, permeability, and perversity of medieval bodies, arguing that human identity always exceeds the limits of the flesh. Combining critical theory with a rigorous reading of medieval texts, Cohen asks if the category "human" isn't too small to contain the multiplicity of identities.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Possible Bodies; 1. Time's Machines; 2. Chevalerie; 3. Masoch/Lancelotism; 4. The Solitude of Guthlac; 5. The Becoming-Liquid of Margery Kempe; 6. On Saracen Enjoyment; Postscript: Possible Futures; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-322) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-9398-6
- OCLC:
- 191948674
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