Holy Anorexia: Epilo
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Is there a resemblance between the contemporary anorexic teenager counting every calorie in her single-minded pursuit of thinness, and an ascetic medieval saint examining her every desire? Rudolph M.... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0226042049
ISBN13:9780226042046
Release Date:January 1985
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:248 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
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Holy Anorexia
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This book is an excellent historic study of women possesed with piety, most of these women were nuns from the 14-15th century. They expressed a dedication to Christ through an aesthetic lifestyle that included starvation, self-inflicted torture, mystical hallucinations and extreme self-denial. The women who starved to death gained a martyr like status. A facinating book!
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