Christ's body : identity, culture and society in late medieval writings / Sarah Beckwith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beckwith, Sarah, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Crucifixion.

Jesus Christ.

Christian art and symbolism--Medieval, 500-1500.

Christian art and symbolism.

Devotional literature--History and criticism.

Devotional literature.

Human body--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Human body.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 challengi

Contents:

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 THE TRANSCENDENT AND THE HISTORICAL Inventing the discourse of mysticism; 2 CHRIST'S BODY AND THE IMAGING OF SOCIAL ORDER; 3 DYVERSE IMAGINACIOUNS OF CRYSTES LYF Subjectivity embodiment and crucifixion piety; 4 THE USES OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE BOOK OF MARGERY KEMPE; CONCLUSION; Notes; Works cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-85390-187-3

1-134-76156-2

1-134-76157-0

1-280-14993-0

9786610149933

0-203-99006-4

9780203990063

OCLC:

226376617