Common Bodies: Everyday Practices, Gender and Religion

Common Bodies: Everyday Practices, Gender and Religion
ISBN-10
3825855783
ISBN-13
9783825855789
Category
Religion
Pages
196
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
LIT Verlag Münster
Authors
Maaike de Haardt, Anne-Marie Korte

Description

The gendered body in its common, everyday activities and references is the central focus of this book. Recognizing the highly abstract and often 'disembodied' character of contemporary discussions on 'the body' in relation to gender, subjectivity and discourse, the authors of this anthology start their inquiries at a more mundane level by studying 'common bodies': human bodies and bodily practices in daily situations of (domestic) work and care, of sex, love and violence, and of prayer and ritual. From this angle of 'corporeal agency' they discuss the meaning of religion, religiosity, transcendence and/or Divinity.

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