Whose Body Is It Anyway: A Response to The Prophetic BodyPrevious posts on the series are here and here.As I have written these descriptions, however, I remain conflicted about whose embodiment we are talking about with prophetic collections. I do not accept that we are describing the embodiment of historical people identified as prophets. These figures function as characters in their texts. So, if they are characters who may or may not replicate the experiences of a tangible historical person, then do they have a body? Are their imagined or projected bodies actual bodies that can be psychoanalyzed or engaged as if they were human? Is a character’s fictional embodiment part of its function as avatar for the audience? ...
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