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Gender Violence in Late Antiquity: Male Fantasies and the Christian Imagination

Gender Violence in Late Antiquity: Male Fantasies and the Christian Imagination - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jennifer BarryPublish date:9/9/2025Pages:246
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520423510ISBN-10:520423518UPC:9780520423510Book Category:Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Christianity, Christian Theology, Gender StudiesBook Topic:History, EthicsSize:9.00 x 5.90 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCY06DYBH8
Gender Violence in Late Antiquity confronts the violent ideological frameworks underpinning the early Christian imagination, arguing that gender-based violence is not peripheral but is fundamental to understanding early Christian history. By analyzing hagiographical and doctrinal writings, Jennifer Barry reveals how male authors used portrayals of feminized suffering to shape ideals of sanctity and power, exploiting themes of domestic abuse, martyrdom, and sexualized violence to reinforce their visions of piety. The study first traces the roots of gendered violence within the Greco-Roman and early Christian imagination, and then explores the disturbing role of male fantasies and dreams in hagiographical traditions. Barry draws on womanist scholarship and engages with trauma studies and feminist horror theory in order to challenge traditional readings of Christian texts, offering new perspectives for understanding how narratives of violence continue to shape contemporary interpretations of gender and power.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520423510ISBN-10:520423518UPC:9780520423510Book Category:Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Christianity, Christian Theology, Gender StudiesBook Topic:History, EthicsSize:9.00 x 5.90 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCY06DYBH8
Jennifer Barry is Associate Professor of Religious at the University of Mary Washington. She is author of Bishops in Flight: Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity and an expert on late ancient studies, early Christianity, later Roman antiquity, and gender studies.
Publisher: University of California Press

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