Hell hath no fury: gender, disability, and the invention of damned bodies in early Christian literature
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Eternal Suffering between Reality and Imagination -- 1. Assigned to Suffering: Gendered Bodily Suffering in the Ancient World -- 2. Gendered Bodies, Social Identities, and...
Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Eternal Suffering between Reality and Imagination -- 1. Assigned to Suffering: Gendered Bodily Suffering in the Ancient World -- 2. Gendered Bodies, Social Identities, and the Susceptibility to Sin -- 3. Becoming Female and Deformed through Suffering in Hell -- 4. From Passive to Active: Gender and Atonement in Mary's Tours of Hell -- Conclusion: Making Hell on Earth -- Epilogue: Ancient Christian Hell's Afterlives -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y. |
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ISBN: | 0300262663 |