Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Body as Text and the Semiotics of Suffering 13
6. 2. The Text as Body and Mystical Discourse 56
7. 3. From Utterance to Text: Authorizing the Mystical Word 97
8. 4. Fissuring the Text: Laughter in the Midst of Writing and Speech 135
9. 5. Embodying the Text: Boisterous Tears and Privileged Readings 167
10. 6. The Disembodied Text 203
11. Bibliography 237
12. Index 249
13. Backmatter 254