OT: Re: SC - Food in high medieval theology (new book)

[roscelin at attglobal.net]

Hello,

On this subject, though contemporary, try:

Bell, R.
1985   Holy Anorexia.  Chicago:  University of Chicago Press.

Bynum, Caroline Walker
           Holy anorexia in modern Portugal.  Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry.

Pina-Cabral, J.
1986  Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve:  The Peasant Worldview of the Alto Minho.
London:  Oxford University Press.

Turner, Brian
1985.  The Body and Society.  Oxford:  Basil Blackwell.


> I vaguely remember seeing some PBS special were they interviewed a Dr of
> Theology from Boston College about her new book _The God of Thinness_. She
> explained that in the MA, men could donate land, goods and money to the
> Church in order to be seen as pious and good Christians.  Women only had
> power (albeit limited) over their own bodies.  In order to be seen as
> pious and good Christians, women fasted.  I probably saw this three yrs
> ago.  Was this Carolin Walker Bynum or someone else?




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