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Carnal Knowing: Female Nakedness and Religious Meaning in the Christian West

Carnal Knowing: Female Nakedness and Religious Meaning in the Christian West

When we look at Michelangelo's David, we see a nakedness that expresses physical prowess, self-knowledge, and spiritual discipline. What do we see when we look at Hans Baldung's Eve, the Serpent, and Death or Master Francke's Martyrdom of Saint Barbara? Why should those naked female images symbolize wantonness and shame? How do ideas about nakedness formed at the dawn of Christianity continue to shape today's sexual values? What must women do to take their bodies back? This revolutionary study by Margaret R. Miles, formerly Bussey Professor of Historical Theology at the Harvard Divinity School and author of the acclaimed Images as Insight, sifts through centuries of Christian writing and religious ritual and, above all, Western art to reveal the origins of our attitudes toward women's bodies and their encoded meanings. Broad enough to encompass fourth-century descriptions of Christian baptism and contemporary theories of representation, Carnal Knowing is a brilliant, startling work of scholarship whose implications extend far beyond the academy to the way we live and see.

Country	USA
Author	Margaret R. Miles
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Brand: Beacon Pr
EAN	9780807013069
Edition	First Printing
Feature	female nakedness and religious meaning in the christian west
ISBN	0807013064
Label	Beacon Pr
Manufacturer	Beacon Pr
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	254
PublicationDate	1989-12
Publisher	Beacon Pr
SKU	0930-WS1701-A02010-0807013064
Studio	Beacon Pr
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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