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The Sex Lives of Saints : An Erotics of Ancient Hagiography Book

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  • The Sex Lives of Saints : An Erotics of Ancient Hagiography
  • Written by author Virginia Burrus
  • Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003/10/01
  • "Has a repressive morality been the primary contribution of Christianity to the history of sexuality? The ascetic concerns that pervade ancient Christian texts would seem to support such a common assumption. Focusing on hagiographical literature, Virginia
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Introduction: Hagiography and the History of Sexuality 1
Ch. 1 Fancying Hermits: Sublimation and the Arts of Romance 19
The Queer Life of Paul the Hermit 24
The Queer Marriage of Malchus the Monk 33
Hilarion's Last Laugh 39
Prolongations: Fantasies of a Faun 46
Reading (as) Another, Woman 49
Ch. 2 Dying for a Life: Martyrdom, Masochism, and Female (Auto)Biography 53
Praising Paula 60
Remembering Macrina 69
Confessing Monica 76
Testimony to (Woman's) Survival 86
Fragments of an Autobiography 88
Ch. 3 Hybrid Desire: Empire, Sadism, and the Soldier Saint 91
Domination and Submission in the Life of Martin 94
Sulpicius's Passion 103
The Hagiographer, the Ethnographer, and the Native 109
Witnessing Ambivalence 122
Ch. 4 Secrets of Seduction: The Lives of Holy Harlots 128
The Lamb, the Wolf, and the Fool: Mary, Niece of Abraham 132
Seduction of the Eye: Pelagia of Antioch 137
Sacrifice in the Desert: Mary of Egypt 147
The Joy of Harlotry 155
Postscript (Catching My Breath) 160
Notes 163
Bibliography 199
Index 209
Acknowledgments 215


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