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Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture Ser.: Incorruptible Flesh : Bodily Mutation and Mortification in Religion and Folklore by Piero Camporesi (1988, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521320038

ISBN-139780521320030

eBay Product ID (ePID)1380707

Product Key Features

Number of Pages296 Pages

Publication NameIncorruptible Flesh : Bodily Mutation and Mortification in Religion and Folklore

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGeneral, Customs & Traditions, Europe / General

Publication Year1988

TypeTextbook

AuthorPiero Camporesi

Subject AreaReligion, Social Science, History

SeriesCambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight17.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN87-026808

Dewey Edition19

TitleLeadingThe

Series Volume NumberSeries Number 17

Dewey Decimal291.2/2

Table Of ContentForeword; Translators Notes; Part I: 1. The 'prodigious manna'; 2. The 'impassible' saint; 3. The dust of Death; 4. Superhuman and heavenly life; Part II: 5. Decay and rebirth; 6. Entomata; 7. Hypercatharsis; 8. The 'clock of health'. Bertoldo changes diet and dies; Part II: 9. Food for heroes; 10. 'Cock's broth'. The cook and the exorcist; 11. 'Everlasting perfumers'; 12. Forbidden games; Part IV: 13. The 'flesh of God'; 14. 'Paradisus voluptatis'; 15. Food sanctuaries; 16. The 'plagues of Africa'. 'Darkness over Egypt'; Index.

SynopsisWhat significance did the body have for the obsessively religious, superstitious, yet materially bound minds of the pre-industrial age? The human body was a constant prey to disease, plague, unhealthy living conditions, the evil effects of druggery and nutritional deficiency, yet the saints seemed to testify to the existence of life beyond this, to a tangible Garden of Eden where all suffering was reversed. The right to entry to this haven was also seen in corporeal terms. The practice of abstemiousness, self-inflicted torture, even the courting of humiliation could trigger visions of beatitude, of the longed-for paradise. In this extraordinary and often astounding book, Professor Camporesi traces these experiences back to various documents across the centuries and explores the juxtaposition of medicine and sorcery, cookery and surgery, pharmacy and alchemy. He opens the window on a fascinating and colourful, if at times violent, world: of levitating and gyrating saints, gardens full of candied fruits and crystalline fountains, amazing exorcisms and arcane medical practices., Professor Camporesi examines what significance the body had for the obsessively religious, superstitious, yet materially bound minds of the pre-industrial age? In this extraordinary and often astounding book, Professor Camporesi traces these ideas back to various documents across the centuries and explores the juxtaposition of medicine and sorcery, cookery and surgery, pharmacy and alchemy.

LC Classification NumberBL604.B64 C3613 1988