Religion and sex, body and soul, sacred and profane: In "Closet
Devotions," Richard Rambuss traces the relays between these
cultural formations by examining the issue of "sacred eroticism,"
the literary or artistic expression of devotional feelings in
erotic terms that has repeatedly occurred over the centuries.
Rather than dismissing such expression as mere convention, Rambuss
takes it seriously as a form of erotic discourse, one that gives
voice to desires that, outside the sphere of sacred rapture, would
otherwise be deemed taboo.
Through startling rereadings of works ranging from the devotional
verse of the metaphysical poets (Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, and
Traherne) to photographer Andres Serrano's controversial "Piss
Christ," from Renaissance religious iconography to contemporary gay
porn, Rambuss uncovers the highly charged erotic imagery that
suffuses religious devotional art and literature. And he explores
one of Christian culture's most guarded (and literal) closets--the
prayer closet itself, a privileged space where the vectors of
same-sex desire can travel privately between the worshiper and his
or her God.
Elegantly written and theoretically astute, "Closet Devotions"
illuminates the ways in which sacred Christian devotion is
homoeroticized, a phenomenon that until now has gone unexplored in
current scholarship on religion, the body, and its passions. This
book will attract readers across a wide array of disciplines,
including gay and lesbian studies, literary theory and criticism,
Renaissance studies, and religion.
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