The Mutilating God: Authorship and Authority in the Narrative of Conversion

By Gerald Peters

Presents a genealogy of the uses of conversion narratives in linking individual identity to various forms of social authority. Drawing on theories of Freud and Lacan, Peters traces the evolution of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870238914
• ISBN13: 9780870238918
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Pr
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.5"