[PDF.50hg] Dying to Be Men: Gender and Language in Early Christian Martyr Texts (Gender, Theory, and Religion)

Dying to Be Men: Gender and Language in Early Christian Martyr Texts (Gender, Theory, and Religion)

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 | #2735783 in Books |  2008-09-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.90 x6.00l,.90 | File type: PDF | 224 pages

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|| |Dying to Be Men successfully conveys the surprising and subversive ways early Christian martyrologies appropriated the notion of masculinity... Recommended. (Choice)

Overall, Dying to be Men is a well-written and worthwhile contributio

At once brave and athletic, virtuous and modest, female martyrs in the second and third centuries were depicted as self-possessed gladiators who at the same time exhibited the quintessentially "womanly" qualities of modesty, fertility, and beauty. L. Stephanie Cobb explores the double embodiment of "male" and "female" gender ideals in these figures, connecting them to Greco-Roman virtues and the construction of Christian group identities.

Both male and female mar...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Dying to Be Men: Gender and Language in Early Christian Martyr Texts (Gender, Theory, and Religion)   |  L. Stephanie Cobb. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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