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Appalling bodies : queer figures before and after Paul's letters / Joseph A. Marchal.
- Title
- Appalling bodies : queer figures before and after Paul's letters / Joseph A. Marchal.
- Author
- Marchal, Joseph A.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- ©2020
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 20-4540 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xi, 311 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- The letters of Paul are among the most commonly cited biblical texts in ongoing cultural and religious disputes about gender, sexuality, and embodiment. Appalling Bodies reframes these uses of the letters by reaching past Paul toward other, far more fascinating figures that appear before, after, and within the letters. The letters repeat ancient stereotypes about women, eunuchs, slaves, and barbarians--in their Roman imperial setting, each of these overlapping groups were cast as debased, dangerous, and complicated. Joseph Marchal presents new ways for us to think about these dangers and complications with the help of queer theory. Appalling Bodies juxtaposes these ancient figures against recent figures of gender and sexual variation, in order to defamiliarize and reorient what can be known about both. The connections between the marginalization and stigmatization of these figures troubles the history, ethics, and politics of biblical interpretation. Ultimately, Marchal assembles and reintroduces us to Appalling Bodies from then and now, and the study of Paul's letters may never be the same. --
- Alternative Title
- Queer figures before and after Paul's letters
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-299) and index.
- Contents
- Prelude: Before and after -- Touching figures: reaching past Paul -- A close Corinthian shave: trans/androgyne -- Uncut Galatians: intersex/eunuch -- Use: bottom/slave -- Assembled Gentiles: terrorist/barbarian -- Epilogue: Biblical drag.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-4540
- ISBN
- 9780190060312
- 019006031X
- OCLC
- 1124991257
- Author
- Marchal, Joseph A., author.
- Title
- Appalling bodies : queer figures before and after Paul's letters / Joseph A. Marchal.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-299) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-4540