![]() ![]() Table of contents : Frontcover Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Note on Editions and Translations Introduction 1 Bleeding the Tears of Melancholia 2 ‘Þe mukke’ of Marriage and the Sexual Paradox 3 Lost Blood of the Middle Age: Surrogacy and Fecundity 4 Margery Medica: The Healing Value of Pain Surrogacy 5 The Passion of Death Surrogacy 6 Senescent Reproduction: Writing Anamnestic Pain Afterword / Afterlife Glossary of Medical Terms Select Bibliography Index Backcover Citation previewįocusing on the interactions of medicine, mysticism and reproduction as a feminist project, the author explores the ontology of female flesh the productive use of pain, suffering and sickness and the ethics of a maternal theology based on the melancholic and surrogate activities that underlie Kempe’s experience. ![]()
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