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Record Number:
8697
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Reineke , Martha J.
Contributor(s):
Title:
This Is My Body: Reflections on Abjection, Anorexia, and Medieval Women Mystics [Drawing on the feminist theoretical work of thinkers like Julia Kristeva and Rene Girard, the author argues that women mystics' self-imposed starvation mirrors threats against the social body of late medieval Christendom, and reveals the fractures at the base of phallocentric European culture. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Journal of the American Academy of Religion 58, 2 (Summer 1990): Pages 245 - 265.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Asceticism
Anorexia Nervosa
Body
Feminist Theory
Monasticism
Mystics
Psychoanalytic Theory
Women in Religion
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
General
Century:
13- 14
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
Table:
Abstract:
Author's Affiliation:
University of Northern Iowa
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1990.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
00027189