The incorruptible flesh : bodily mutation and mortification in religion and folklore
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書誌事項
The incorruptible flesh : bodily mutation and mortification in religion and folklore
(Cambridge studies in oral and literate culture, 17)
Cambridge University Press, 2009, c1988
- : pbk
- タイトル別名
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La carne impassible
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注記
"First published in English by Cambridge University Press 1988. This digitally printed version 2009"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
What significance did the body have for the obsessively religious, superstitious, yet materially bound minds of the pre-industrial age? The human body was a constant prey to disease, plague, unhealthy living conditions, the evil effects of druggery and nutritional deficiency, yet the saints seemed to testify to the existence of life beyond this, to a tangible Garden of Eden where all suffering was reversed. The right to entry to this haven was also seen in corporeal terms. The practice of abstemiousness, self-inflicted torture, even the courting of humiliation could trigger visions of beatitude, of the longed-for paradise. In this extraordinary and often astounding book, Professor Camporesi traces these experiences back to various documents across the centuries and explores the juxtaposition of medicine and sorcery, cookery and surgery, pharmacy and alchemy. He opens the window on a fascinating and colourful, if at times violent, world: of levitating and gyrating saints, gardens full of candied fruits and crystalline fountains, amazing exorcisms and arcane medical practices.
目次
- Foreword
- Translators Notes
- Part I: 1. The 'prodigious manna'
- 2. The 'impassible' saint
- 3. The dust of Death
- 4. Superhuman and heavenly life
- Part II: 5. Decay and rebirth
- 6. Entomata
- 7. Hypercatharsis
- 8. The 'clock of health'. Bertoldo changes diet and dies
- Part II: 9. Food for heroes
- 10. 'Cock's broth'. The cook and the exorcist
- 11. 'Everlasting perfumers'
- 12. Forbidden games
- Part IV: 13. The 'flesh of God'
- 14. 'Paradisus voluptatis'
- 15. Food sanctuaries
- 16. The 'plagues of Africa'. 'Darkness over Egypt'
- Index.
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