{"product_id":"the-sex-lives-of-saints-9780812220209","title":"The Sex Lives of Saints","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVirginia Burrus argues that the early accounts of the lives of saints are not anti-erotic but rather convey a sublimely transgressive \"counter-eroticism\" that resists the marital, procreative ethic of sexuality found in other strands of Christian tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant and important. . . . From page one she challenges approaches to hagiography that dismiss ascetic desire as the sublimation of sexuality and a pathological hatred of the body.\" * \u003ci\u003eTheological Studies\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"This fine book detects a vibrant eroticism in tales of fourth- and fifth-century saints. Rather than read ancient saints' lives as anti-erotic, or, worse, \u003ci\u003ean\u003c\/i\u003e-erotic, Burrus reveals a flourishing \u003ci\u003ears erotica\u003c\/i\u003e.\" * \u003ci\u003eJournal of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Burrus's interweaving of ancient and modern voices is as meditative as it is analytical, but the overall effect is to induce the reader into an alternative view of what constitutes the allure of the saintly life. . . . After \u003ci\u003eThe Sex Lives of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e hagiography will never be the same.\" * \u003ci\u003eJournal of Early Christian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"An engrossing, thought-provoking, and thoroughly enjoyable read.\"\" * \u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Hagiography and the History of Sexuality\u003cbr\u003e CH. 1. FANCYING HERMITS: SUBLIMATION AND THE ARTS OF ROMANCE\u003cbr\u003e The Queer Life of Paul the Hermit\u003cbr\u003e The Queer Marriage of Malchus the Monk\u003cbr\u003e Hilarion's Last Laugh\u003cbr\u003e Prolongations: Fantasies of a Faun\u003cbr\u003e Reading (as) Another, Woman\u003cbr\u003e CH. 2. DYING FOR A LIFE: MARTYRDOM, MASOCHISM, AND FEMALE (AUTO)BIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003e Praising Paula\u003cbr\u003e Remembering Macrina\u003cbr\u003e Confessing Monica\u003cbr\u003e Testimony to (Woman's) Survival\u003cbr\u003e Fragments of an Autobiography\u003cbr\u003e CH. 3. HYBRID DESIRE: EMPIRE, SADISM, AND THE SOLDIER SAINT\u003cbr\u003e Domination and Submission in the Life of Martin\u003cbr\u003e Sulpicius's Passion\u003cbr\u003e The Hagiographer, the Ethnographer, and the Native\u003cbr\u003e Witnessing Ambivalence\u003cbr\u003e CH. 4. SECRETS OF SEDUCTION: THE LIVES OF HOLY HARLOTS\u003cbr\u003e The Lamb, the Wolf, and the Fool: Mary, Niece of Abraham\u003cbr\u003e Seduction of the Eye: Pelagia of Antioch\u003cbr\u003e Sacrifice in the Desert: Mary of Egypt\u003cbr\u003e The Joy of Harlotry\u003cbr\u003e Postscript (Catching My Breath)\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405696541015,"sku":"9780812220209","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812220209.jpg?v=1730493311","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-sex-lives-of-saints-9780812220209","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}