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Saint Thecla: Body Politics and Masculine Rhetoric: The Library of New Testament Studies

Autor Rosie Andrious
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 mai 2022
This volume questions the prevailing 'female empowering' interpretation of Thecla in the Acts of Paul and Thecla. Rosie Andrious examines the way that Thecla is voyeuristically paraded and subjected to a kind of sado-erotic torture, and demonstrates how this perception clashes with any notion that she is presented as a positive role-model for a woman. Rather, Andrious sets this discourse about female 'self-control' and 'chastity' over against the wider narrative of Christian men struggling against the invasive violence of Rome and suggests that the victimized, voyeuristic female representation of Thecla has very little to do with women and is, rather, a complex literary text that represents a power struggle between men. The ideological function of Thecla is therefore, as a constructed body that transcends its 'natural' feminine weakness. Andrious thus provides an original interpretative framework for understanding Thelca's representation, and suggests a completely new way of seeing the saint.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780567699084
ISBN-10: 0567699080
Pagini: 248
Ilustrații: 5 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția T&T Clark
Seria The Library of New Testament Studies

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Provides greater clarity on a contradictory representation of a would-be Christian martyr and heroine

Notă biografică

Rosie Andrious completed her PhD in Biblical Studies and Early Christianity at King's College London, UK, where she is currently a Research Associate.

Cuprins

Acknowledgements List of AbbreviationsList of IllustrationsOverview Chapter One - IntroductionChapter Two - The Acts of Paul and Thecla: Text and ContextChapter Three - MethodologyChapter Four - Female BeheadingsChapter Five - Naked Truths, Pornography and Violence in the Acts of Paul and TheclaChapter Six - Bewitched and Bewitching Women: Miracles and Magical PracticesChapter Seven - Violating the Inviolate BodyChapter Eight - ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

Saint Thecla is an excellent contribution to studies on apocryphal acts in general and on the Acts of Paul and Thecla in particular. It is a must-read for anyone interested in feminist interpretations of ancient Christian stories.