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Sanctity and pornography in medieval culture : on the verge

Author
Burgwinkle, William E., 1951-
Title
Sanctity and pornography in medieval culture : on the verge / Bill Burgwinkle and Cary Howie.
Format
Book
Published
Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2010.
Description
xii, 216 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Other contributors
Howie, Cary.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Introduciton: our sanctity, our pornography
  • Looking at images
  • Pornography and parataxis
  • Looking at saints
  • Saints, sex, and surfaces
  • Mundane and mystical/sex and exchange
  • On the verge
  • Conclusion: caress me.
Kinsey subjects
Erotica. Sex in art. Sex in religious art. Art history. Sex in literature. Sex in religious literature. Catholic Church history. Sex behavior history--Medieval.
ISBN
9780719080296 0719080290

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Kinsey Institute Library (by appointment only)
Call Number
208.1 B87 s3 2010
Location
Auxiliary Library Facility - Kinsey Institute