The Spectacle of the Body in Late Medieval England - Estella CIOBANU

THE SPECTACLE OF THE BODY IN LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLAND

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Why   a   ‘spectacle’   of   the   body?   Why   not   an ‘imaginary’ of the body or ‘images’ or perhaps ‘concepts’? Even to the lay reader, the two sets – ‘spectacle’ as a category unto its own versus the remainder, especially the last two concepts – likely evoke entrenched binaries such as dynamic vs. static views of the body. Yet not even at the most abstract conceptual level can the body be pictured as entirely static: medieval discursive practices testify to this much despite their rejection   of   body   dynamics   and   change,   regarded   as damaging to spirituality. (Autoarea)

Domenii de interes:

• studii culturale, britanice, americane, iudaice, islamice etc.
• mituri, ritualuri simbolice si studii religioase, filosofia religiei
• Anglia medievala