Dying to Be Men : Gender and Language in Early Christian Martyr Texts
L. Stephanie. Cobb
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | New York : : Columbia University Press, , 2008.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (225 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Constructing Identity Through Cultural Appropriation; Scholarship and Early Christian Martyrologies; Martyrdom and Identity Formation; Christianity and the Roman World: Appropriation or Subverson?; 1. What Is a Christian? Constructing a Christian Identity; Constructing Social Identity; Social Identity Theory Applied; Sex and Gender in Antiquity; 2. Noble Athletes: Gladiatorial, Athletic, and Martial Imagery in the Martyr Arts; Martyrdom and the Amphitheater; The Gladiator in Antiquity; The Athlete and the Soldier in Antiquity. - 3. Be a Man: Narrative Tools of Masculinization in Early Christian Martyr ActsMasculinity and Virtue; Constructing Masculinity by Comparison; 4. Putting Women in Their Place: Masculinizing and Feminizing the Female Martyr; Perpetua; Blandina; Agathonike; Conclusion: Gender and Language in Early Christian Martyr Texts; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - 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 martyrs conducted their battles in the amphitheater, a masculine environment that enabled the divine combatants to s
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Martyrdom - Christianity Martyrologies - History and criticism Sex role - Religious aspects - History of doctrines - Christianity Vis mer... Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Martyrdom -- Christianity -- Early works to 1800. Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600. Christianity Kjønn Kjønnsroller Martyrer Martyrologi Philosophy & Religion Religion Språkbruk Tidligkristen tid kjønn martyrer oldkirken |
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| ISBN | 0231144989. - 9780231144988
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