Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : embodied reading or the masked philosopher -- Hunter of the sacred -- The dismembered assassin and the well scrubbed delinquents -- The buffoon-tyrant and the possessed nuns -- Chatting genitals -- The sobbing matron and the loquacious monk -- The artist of pleasures -- The violated mother and the naked philosopher -- Conclusion : Embodied writing or Among the mourners.

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