{"product_id":"saint-thecla-rosie-andrious-9780567699084","title":"Saint Thecla: Body Politics and Masculine Rhetoric","description":"This volume questions the prevailing 'female empowering' interpretation of Thecla in the \u003ci\u003eActs of Paul and Thecla\u003c\/i\u003e. Rosie Andrious examines the way that Thecla is voyeuristically paraded and subjected to a kind of sado-erotic torture, and demonstrates how this perception clashes with any notion that she is presented as a positive role-model for a woman.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRather, Andrious sets this discourse about female 'self-control' and 'chastity' over against the wider narrative of Christian men struggling against the invasive violence of Rome and suggests that the victimized, voyeuristic female representation of Thecla has very little to do with women and is, rather, a complex literary text that represents a power struggle between men. The ideological function of Thecla is therefore, as a constructed body that transcends its 'natural' feminine weakness. Andrious thus provides an original interpretative framework for understanding Thelca's representation, and suggests a completely new way of seeing the saint.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rosie Andrious\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0567699080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780567699084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.52d","brand":"Rosie Andrious","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072313225471,"sku":"9780567699084","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e8e273e2-8f8b-44e2-8d2b-4d9cd1d548c1.jpg?v=1685441213","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/saint-thecla-rosie-andrious-9780567699084","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}