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Place and Identity in the Lives of Antony, Paul, and Mary of Egypt

Desert as Borderland

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In this book, Peter Anthony Mena looks closely at descriptions of space in ancient Christian hagiographies and considers how the desert relates to constructions of subjectivity. By reading three pivotal ancient hagiographies—the Life of Antony, the Life of Paul the Hermit, and the Life of Mary of Egypt—in conjunction with Gloria Anzaldúa’s ideas about the US/Mexican borderlands/la frontera, Mena shows readers how descriptions of the desert in these texts are replete with spaces and inhabitants that render the desert a borderland or frontier space in Anzaldúan terms. As a borderland space, the desert functions as a device for the creation of an emerging identity in late antiquity—the desert ascetic. Simultaneously, the space of the desert is created through the image of the saint. Literary critical, religious studies, and historical methodologies converge in this work in order to illuminate a heuristic tool for interpreting the desertin late antiquity and its importance for the development of desert asceticism. Anzaldúa’s theories help guide a reading especially attuned to the important relationship between space and subjectivity.
Pages
123 pages
Collection
n.c
Parution
2019-04-24
Marque
Palgrave Macmillan
EAN papier
9783030173272
EAN PDF
9783030173289
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1
Nombre pages imprimables
12
Taille du fichier
1485 Ko
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94,94 €
EAN EPUB
9783030173289
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
1
Nombre pages imprimables
12
Taille du fichier
410 Ko
Ce livre est accessible aux handicaps Voir les informations sur l'accessibilité
Prix
94,94 €
Peter Anthony Mena is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego, USA

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