Performing gender in lay saints’ Lives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11933247 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stavroula Constantinou (0000-0003-3358-974X, University of Cyprus, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 24-32 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-0131 • E-ISSN: 1749-625X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1179/0307013113z.00000000034 |
| OpenAlex | W2085086819 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Taking as its point of departure Judith Butler’s theory of gender performativity, this article shows how femininity and masculinity are performed in three lay saints’ Lives from the middle Byzantine period: the Life of Philaretos the Merciful (820), the Life of Thomaïs of Lesbos (mid-tenth century) and the Life of Mary the Younger (eleventh century). The approach of these texts through gender performativity shows in the most graphic way the difference between male and female constructions of sanctity on the one hand, and the important role that gender plays in the construction of lay sanctity, on the other
Early Modern Women Writers · History · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious Tourism and Spaces
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
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| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |