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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784203703321

Autore

Cohen Jeffrey Jerome

Titolo

Medieval identity machines / / Jeffrey J. Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

0-8166-9398-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxix, 336 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Medieval cultures ; ; v. 35

Disciplina

940.1

Soggetti

Civilization, Medieval

Social history - Medieval, 500-1500

Philosophy, Medieval

Civilization, Medieval - Study and teaching

Middle Ages - Study and teaching

Medievalism

Human body - Social aspects - History

Human body - Symbolic aspects - History

Identity (Philosophical concept)

Identity (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-322) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Possible Bodies; 1. Time's Machines; 2. Chevalerie; 3. Masoch/Lancelotism; 4. The Solitude of Guthlac; 5. The Becoming-Liquid of Margery Kempe; 6. On Saracen Enjoyment; Postscript: Possible Futures; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Medieval Identity Machines, Jeffrey J. Cohen examines the messiness, permeability, and perversity of medieval bodies, arguing that human identity always exceeds the limits of the flesh. Combining critical theory with a rigorous reading of medieval texts, Cohen asks if the category "human" isn't too small to contain the multiplicity of identities.