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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Margaret R. Miles , Vanessa LyonPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9780520253483ISBN 10: 0520253485 Pages: 196 Publication Date: 07 January 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: The Secularization of the Breast PART ONE: THE RELIGIOUS BREAST Chapter 2: The Virgin's One Bare Breast Chapter 3: Mary Magdalen's Penitent Breast PART TWO: THE SECULAR BREAST Chapter 4: The Anatomical Breast Chapter 5: The Pornographic Breast Afterword: A Complex Delight Select Bibliography List of Illustrations IndexReviewsA note of hope and a gesture toward a more erotic and mystical future. -- Church History A note of hope and a gesture toward a more erotic and mystical future. Church History [A] slender, provocative volume... Miles has delivered a careful analysis that will prove essential and an enjoyable read. -- Preston Yancey Transpositions Author InformationMargaret R. Miles is Emerita Professor at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. She is author of The Word Made Flesh: A History of Christian Thought; Image as Insight: Visual Understanding in Western Christianity and Secular Culture; Carnal Knowing: Female Nakedness and Religious Meaning in the Christian West; Reading for Life: Beauty, Pluralism, and Responsibility, and Seeing and Believing: Religion and Values in the Movies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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