Kristi Upson-Saia is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Occidental College. She specializes in the history and literature of early Christianity, with a focus on the ways in which early Christian identities were constructed through bodily appearances and performances. Her research interests also include gender and sexuality, orthodoxy and heresy, and, representations of deformed, scarred, and stigmatized bodies.

'[T]his is a carefully edited book for which congratulations are due ... Upson-Saia's innovative focus on women's dress as the crucible where gender, virtue, and authority simmer and seethe will certainly fuel further research.' – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

• Introduction 1. Elite Roman Women’s Dress in the Early Imperial Period 2. Scripting Christians’ Clothing and Grooming 3. Performance Anxiety: Dress and Gender Crises in Early Christian Asceticism 4. Narrating Cross-Dressing in Female Saints’ Lives Conclusion

Kristi Upson-Saia is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Occidental College. She specializes in the history and literature of early Christianity, with a focus on the ways in which early Christian identities were constructed through bodily appearances and performances. Her research interests also include gender and sexuality, orthodoxy and heresy, and, representations of deformed, scarred, and stigmatized bodies.

'[T]his is a carefully edited book for which congratulations are due ... Upson-Saia's innovative focus on women's dress as the crucible where gender, virtue, and authority simmer and seethe will certainly fuel further research.' – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

• Introduction 1. Elite Roman Women’s Dress in the Early Imperial Period 2. Scripting Christians’ Clothing and Grooming 3. Performance Anxiety: Dress and Gender Crises in Early Christian Asceticism 4. Narrating Cross-Dressing in Female Saints’ Lives Conclusion

Kristi Upson-Saia is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Occidental College. She specializes in the history and literature of early Christianity, with a focus on the ways in which early Christian identities were constructed through bodily appearances and performances. Her research interests also include gender and sexuality, orthodoxy and heresy, and, representations of deformed, scarred, and stigmatized bodies.

'[T]his is a carefully edited book for which congratulations are due ... Upson-Saia's innovative focus on women's dress as the crucible where gender, virtue, and authority simmer and seethe will certainly fuel further research.' – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

• Introduction 1. Elite Roman Women’s Dress in the Early Imperial Period 2. Scripting Christians’ Clothing and Grooming 3. Performance Anxiety: Dress and Gender Crises in Early Christian Asceticism 4. Narrating Cross-Dressing in Female Saints’ Lives Conclusion