Istvan Czachesz

The Grotesque Body in Early Christian Discourse

Hell, Scatology and Metamorphosis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Early Christian apocryphal and conical documents present us with grotesque images of the human body, often combining the playful and humorous with the repulsive, and fearful

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 373g
• ISBN-13: 9781845538866
• ISBN-10: 1845538862
• Artikelnr.: 33946081

Autorenporträt

István Czachesz is Adjunct Professor of Protestant Theology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part One: Hell 1. Grotesque Bodies in the Christian Underworld
2. Torture in Hell and Reality 3. Body and Morality 4. The Bride of the
Demon Part Two: Scatology 5. Deviance Labelling: The Politics of the
Grotesque 6. Scatological Humor Part Three: Metamorphoses 7. Polymorphy 8.
Speaking Asses and Other Devoted Animals 9. Metamorphoses of Christ 10.
Counterintuitiveness and Embodiment: The Grotesque in Cognitive Perspective
11. Epilogue