UID:
edocfu_9958352424102883
Format:
1 online resource (268 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780812207538
Series Statement:
New Cultural Studies
Content:
"A feminist analysis of the writing of the fifteenth-century English mystic, showing how Kempe exploited the gendered ideologies of flesh and text, violated taboos, and responded to the constraints of her time."—Book News, Inc.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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1. The Body as Text and the Semiotics of Suffering --
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2. The Text as Body and Mystical Discourse --
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3. From Utterance to Text: Authorizing the Mystical Word --
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4. Fissuring the Text: Laughter in the Midst of Writing and Speech --
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5. Embodying the Text: Boisterous Tears and Privileged Readings --
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6. The Disembodied Text --
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Bibliography --
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Index --
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Backmatter.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812207538
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812207538
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