Carnal Knowing: Female Nakedness and Religious Meaning in the Christian West by Margaret R. Miles

Carnal Knowing: Female Nakedness and Religious Meaning in the Christian West

Margaret R. Miles

254 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

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An exploration of the power of visual and verbal representations of female nakedness throughout Western Christian history. Margaret Miles looks at how men have treated women's bodies - in their actions, art and writings, and why, in Christian hist...

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