{"product_id":"gender-violence-in-late-antiquity-male-fantasies-and-the-christian-imagination-hardcover-1","title":"Gender Violence in Late Antiquity: Male Fantasies and the Christian Imagination - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Barry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGender Violence in Late Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e confronts the violent ideological frameworks underpinning the early Christian imagination, arguing that gender-based violence is not peripheral but is fundamental to understanding early Christian history. By analyzing hagiographical and doctrinal writings, Jennifer Barry reveals how male authors used portrayals of feminized suffering to shape ideals of sanctity and power, exploiting themes of domestic abuse, martyrdom, and sexualized violence to reinforce their visions of piety. The study first traces the roots of gendered violence within the Greco-Roman and early Christian imagination, and then explores the disturbing role of male fantasies and dreams in hagiographical traditions. Barry draws on womanist scholarship and engages with trauma studies and feminist horror theory in order to challenge traditional readings of Christian texts, offering new perspectives for understanding how narratives of violence continue to shape contemporary interpretations of gender and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer Barry\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003emasterfully exposes how early Christian hagiography constructed and perpetuated gendered violence through depictions of dreams and fantasies. Blending feminist, slavery, and horror theories, she reveals the androcentric imagination's reliance on women's violated bodies while unsettling contemporary discourses on power and subjectivity. This incisive analysis redefines how we read late antique violence--and its haunting modern echoes.--Chris L. de Wet, author of \u003ci\u003ePreaching Bondage: John Chrysostom and the Discourse of Slavery in Early Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Exceptional and thought-provoking, Barry's book offers an important survey of the gender violence that pervades the early Christian archive and argues persuasively for the necessity of feminist historiography. Her sustained and learned engagement with the sources makes this required reading.\"--Ellen Muehlberger, author of \u003ci\u003eThings Unseen: Essays on Evidence, Knowledge, and the Late Ancient World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Barry\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Religious at the University of Mary Washington. She is author of \u003ci\u003eBishops in Flight: Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e and an expert on late ancient studies, early Christianity, later Roman antiquity, and gender studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45882581516485,"sku":"9780520423510","price":184.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/BupKwVJajl9780520423510_bbb721fe-90f8-4e51-915e-dbcdbccd27b4.webp?v=1771801580","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/gender-violence-in-late-antiquity-male-fantasies-and-the-christian-imagination-hardcover-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}