Redeemed bodies : women martyrs in early Christianity - Streete, Gail Corrington, 1949- (Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, 2009)
The power of bodies -- Body talk : the martyr's "voice" -- Tough mothers and female contenders : Perpetua and Felicitas -- The nakedness of Thecla -- Why martyrs matter.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-163) and indexes.
Keywords: Perpetua, -- Saint, -- -203.; Felicity, -- Saint, -- -203.; Thecla, -- Saint; Passio SS. Perpetuae et Felicitatis; Acts of Paul and Thecla; Christian women martyrs -- Rome -- History