Margery Kempe and Translations of the Flesh.
Lochrie, Karma.
Margery Kempe and Translations of the Flesh. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (264 pages) - New Cultural Studies . - New Cultural Studies .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Body as Text and the Semiotics of Suffering -- 2. The Text as Body and Mystical Discourse -- 3. From Utterance to Text: Authorizing the Mystical Word -- 4. Fissuring the Text: Laughter in the Midst of Writing and Speech -- 5. Embodying the Test: Boisterous Tears and Privileged Readings -- 6. The Disembodied Text -- Bibliography -- Index.
"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.
9780812207538
Electronic books.
PR2007.K4 -- Z77 1991eb
248.2/2/092
Margery Kempe and Translations of the Flesh. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (264 pages) - New Cultural Studies . - New Cultural Studies .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Body as Text and the Semiotics of Suffering -- 2. The Text as Body and Mystical Discourse -- 3. From Utterance to Text: Authorizing the Mystical Word -- 4. Fissuring the Text: Laughter in the Midst of Writing and Speech -- 5. Embodying the Test: Boisterous Tears and Privileged Readings -- 6. The Disembodied Text -- Bibliography -- Index.
"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.
9780812207538
Electronic books.
PR2007.K4 -- Z77 1991eb
248.2/2/092