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Poetics of the Flesh
Mayra Rivera
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Description for Poetics of the Flesh
Paperback. Mayra Rivera outlines the relationship between the ways ancient Christian thinkers and Western philosophers conceive of the "body" and "flesh." Rivera's analysis furthers developments in new materialism and helps us to better understand the influence of Christian texts on contemporary theorizations of social structure, gender, race, and faith. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HRLB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
In Poetics of the Flesh Mayra Rivera offers poetic reflections on how we understand our carnal relationship to the world, at once spiritual, organic, and social. She connects conversations about corporeality in theology, political theory, and continental philosophy to show the relationship between the ways ancient Christian thinkers and modern Western philosophers conceive of the "body" and "flesh.” Her readings of the biblical writings of John and Paul as well as the work of Tertullian illustrate how Christian ideas of flesh influenced the works of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Michel Foucault, and inform her readings of Judith Butler, Frantz Fanon, and others. Rivera also furthers developments in new materialism by exploring the intersections among bodies, material elements, social arrangements, and discourses through body and flesh. By painting a complex picture of bodies, and by developing an account of how the social materializes in flesh, Rivera provides a new way to understand gender and race.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822360131
SKU
V9780822360131
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99-19
About Mayra Rivera
Mayra Rivera is Associate Professor of Theology and Latina/o Studies at Harvard University and the author of The Touch of Transcendence: A Postcolonial Theology of God.
Reviews for Poetics of the Flesh
“Rivera’s book is a poetic love song of our incarnate life. It’s a song I’ll gladly sing.”
Jacob J. Erickson
Christian Century
"...Rivera’s text makes significant and noteworthy advancement, not only in theological anthropology, critical theory, and materiality, but also in an apophatic theology grounded in the immanent indeterminacy of multiplicity and relational, worldly ontology.... [A]n enjoyable 'must read' for many theologians, philosophers, and advanced graduate students."
Brad Bannon
Reading Religion
"Situating the body in its spiritual, organic and social spheres of corporeal existence, the book thus argues toward a poetics of the flesh based on the relational materiality of the body and the world that makes a welcome move beyond the prevailing discourse around essentialist boundaries."
Jajati K. Pradhan and Seema Singh
Journal of Postcolonial Writing
"Rivera has contributed another “must-read.” Its elegance is evident on the page itself, for the argument flows easily in the seemingly effortless interweaving of three complex terrains: biblical theology, a phenomenology of the flesh and its postmodern legacies, and the politics of ethnic, racial, and sexual identity that beckons our attention at the so-called end of metaphysics. No one can engage this subtle, labyrinthine, and mellifluous text without being made more aware of the possibilities of a new relational matrix for interpreting the world and disentangling its many injustices."
Peter Casarella
Modern Theology
"Rivera identifies flesh as the root of many long-standing critiques of the body in theology and philosophy, and she sets out to unlock Christian imagination from conflations of flesh with sin, feminine and colonized bodies, and evil. The fruit of her labor is a beautiful invitation to reimagine and dwell in the rich complexity of enfleshed life within this world."
Jodi L. A. Belcher
Anglican Theological Review
"[Poetics of the Flesh] represents an important milestone in theology and philosophy for the contemporary reader."
Hector M. Varela Rios
Perspectivas
"This is an amazing, stunning, and rich work of philosophical erudition, intellectual suppleness, existential and intellectual passion."
M. Shawn Copeland
Syndicate
"[A] wonderful book that is not only thoughtful in content but also delightful in form."
Tat-siong Benny Liew
Syndicate
“Rivera takes what makes others nervous about flesh and puts it forward in productive terms. . . . Her work reverberates with visions of humanity as precarious and fragile, receptive to the world in perilous and promising ways.”
Shelly Rambo
Journal of Religion
"Poetics of the Flesh is an excellent work of philosophy that bridges the divide between Christian theology and gender and race theory. . . . [Rivera] offers her own analysis of Christian theology and effectively applies that analysis to questions concerning gender and race."
Noah Richardson
Journal for Continental Philosophy of Religion
Jacob J. Erickson
Christian Century
"...Rivera’s text makes significant and noteworthy advancement, not only in theological anthropology, critical theory, and materiality, but also in an apophatic theology grounded in the immanent indeterminacy of multiplicity and relational, worldly ontology.... [A]n enjoyable 'must read' for many theologians, philosophers, and advanced graduate students."
Brad Bannon
Reading Religion
"Situating the body in its spiritual, organic and social spheres of corporeal existence, the book thus argues toward a poetics of the flesh based on the relational materiality of the body and the world that makes a welcome move beyond the prevailing discourse around essentialist boundaries."
Jajati K. Pradhan and Seema Singh
Journal of Postcolonial Writing
"Rivera has contributed another “must-read.” Its elegance is evident on the page itself, for the argument flows easily in the seemingly effortless interweaving of three complex terrains: biblical theology, a phenomenology of the flesh and its postmodern legacies, and the politics of ethnic, racial, and sexual identity that beckons our attention at the so-called end of metaphysics. No one can engage this subtle, labyrinthine, and mellifluous text without being made more aware of the possibilities of a new relational matrix for interpreting the world and disentangling its many injustices."
Peter Casarella
Modern Theology
"Rivera identifies flesh as the root of many long-standing critiques of the body in theology and philosophy, and she sets out to unlock Christian imagination from conflations of flesh with sin, feminine and colonized bodies, and evil. The fruit of her labor is a beautiful invitation to reimagine and dwell in the rich complexity of enfleshed life within this world."
Jodi L. A. Belcher
Anglican Theological Review
"[Poetics of the Flesh] represents an important milestone in theology and philosophy for the contemporary reader."
Hector M. Varela Rios
Perspectivas
"This is an amazing, stunning, and rich work of philosophical erudition, intellectual suppleness, existential and intellectual passion."
M. Shawn Copeland
Syndicate
"[A] wonderful book that is not only thoughtful in content but also delightful in form."
Tat-siong Benny Liew
Syndicate
“Rivera takes what makes others nervous about flesh and puts it forward in productive terms. . . . Her work reverberates with visions of humanity as precarious and fragile, receptive to the world in perilous and promising ways.”
Shelly Rambo
Journal of Religion
"Poetics of the Flesh is an excellent work of philosophy that bridges the divide between Christian theology and gender and race theory. . . . [Rivera] offers her own analysis of Christian theology and effectively applies that analysis to questions concerning gender and race."
Noah Richardson
Journal for Continental Philosophy of Religion