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Medicine, Religion and Gender in Medieval Culture
Naoe Kukita Yoshikawa
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Description for Medicine, Religion and Gender in Medieval Culture
Hardback. An exploration of the relations between medical and religious discourse and practice in medieval culture, focussing on how they are affected by gender. Editor(s): Yoshikawa, Naoe Kukita. Series: Gender in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 240 x 26. Weight in Grams: 720.
Current preoccupations with the body have led to a growing interest in the intersections between religion, literature and the history of medicine, and, more specifically, how they converge within a given culture. This collection of essays explores the ways in which aspects of medieval culture were predicated upon an interaction between medical and religious discourses, particularly those inflected by contemporary gendered ideologies. The essays interrogate this convergence broadly in a number of different ways: textually, conceptually, historically, socially and culturally. They argue for an inextricable relationship between the physical and spiritual in accounts of health, illness and disability, and ... Read more
Current preoccupations with the body have led to a growing interest in the intersections between religion, literature and the history of medicine, and, more specifically, how they converge within a given culture. This collection of essays explores the ways in which aspects of medieval culture were predicated upon an interaction between medical and religious discourses, particularly those inflected by contemporary gendered ideologies. The essays interrogate this convergence broadly in a number of different ways: textually, conceptually, historically, socially and culturally. They argue for an inextricable relationship between the physical and spiritual in accounts of health, illness and disability, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
310
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
623g
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843844013
SKU
V9781843844013
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Reviews for Medicine, Religion and Gender in Medieval Culture
Anyone intrigued by the peculiar body-centered, corporeal spirituality of medieval female mystics, and interested in the history of popular Christian devotion before 1500 . . . will find in this rich collection food for thought and a plethora of enlightening examples. CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW A valuable contribution to the scholarship. FRANCIA