Medicine, Religion and Gender in Medieval Culture (Hardcover)

An exploration of the relations between medical and religious discourse and practice in medieval culture, focussing on how they are affected by gender. Current preoccupations with the body have led to a growing interest in the intersections between religion, literature and the history of medicine, and, more specifically, how they converge within a given culture. This collection of essays explores the ways in which aspects of medieval culture were predicated upon an interaction between medical and religious discourses, particularly those inflected by contemporary gendered ideologies. The essays interrogatethis convergence broadly in a number of different ways: textually, conceptually, historically, socially and culturally. They argue for an inextricable relationship between the physical and spiritual in accounts of health, illness and disability, and demonstrate how medical, religious and gender discourses were integrated in medieval culture. Naoe Kukita Yoshikawa is Professor of English in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Shizuoka University. Contributors: Louise M. Bishop, Elma Brenner, Joy Hawkins, Roberta Magnani, Takami Matsuda, Liz Herbert McAvoy, Irina Metzler, Denis Renevey, Patricia Skinner, Juliette Vuille, Diane Watt, Naoe Kukita Yoshikawa.

General

Imprint:	D.S. Brewer
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Gender in the Middle Ages
Release date:	July 2015
First published:	2015
Editors:	Naoe Kukita Yoshikawa
Contributors:	Denis Renevey • Diane Watt • Elma Brenner • Irina Metzler (Contributor) • Joy Hawkins • Juliette Vuille • Liz Herbert McAvoy • Louise M. Bishop (Contributor) • Naoe Kukita Yoshikawa
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	310
ISBN-13:	978-1-84384-401-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Promotions
LSN:	1-84384-401-X
Barcode:	9781843844013

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