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2. Noble Athletes: Gladiatorial, Athletic, and Martial Imagery

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Abbreviations xi
  5. Introduction: Constructing Identity Through Cultural 1
  6. 1. What Is a Christian? Constructing a Christian Identity 18
  7. 2. Noble Athletes: Gladiatorial, Athletic, and Martial Imagery 33
  8. 3. Be a Man: Narrative Tools of Masculinization in Early Christian Martyr Acts 60
  9. 4. Putting Women in Their Place: Masculinizing and Feminizing the Female Martyr 92
  10. Conclusion: Gender and Language in Early Christian Martyr Texts 124
  11. Notes 129
  12. Bibliography 185
  13. Index 203
Dying to Be Men
This chapter is in the book Dying to Be Men
https://doi.org/10.7312/cobb14498-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Abbreviations xi
  5. Introduction: Constructing Identity Through Cultural 1
  6. 1. What Is a Christian? Constructing a Christian Identity 18
  7. 2. Noble Athletes: Gladiatorial, Athletic, and Martial Imagery 33
  8. 3. Be a Man: Narrative Tools of Masculinization in Early Christian Martyr Acts 60
  9. 4. Putting Women in Their Place: Masculinizing and Feminizing the Female Martyr 92
  10. Conclusion: Gender and Language in Early Christian Martyr Texts 124
  11. Notes 129
  12. Bibliography 185
  13. Index 203
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