The Madonna's body
The social construction of a neutralized body
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5004248 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marco Fabbrini (Liceo Benedetto Varchi, Italy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 62-78 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Research on Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2050-3032 • E-ISSN: 2050-3040 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2050303216676518 |
| OpenAlex | W2554478919 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
This paper deals with the statue without female forms of Our Lady of Maidens, kept in the parish church of Civitella Roveto in the Abruzzo region, in Italy. After describing the religious rituals involving the statue of this Virgin in order to shed light on her title, the study goes on to analyze vernacular discourses about her and explore the prohibition regarding the touching of her body. The symbolic aspects of the shapeless body of the statue are then investigated and discussed in the light of Marian, anthropological, sociological, and feminist literature, considering them a specific device for expelling female sexual desire from the domain of fertility. The article, focused on the body of the Madonna, hopes to contribute to studies in religious materiality as well as to studies in the social construction of gender inequality
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Literature · Materiality (auditing · Sociology · Statue · Vernacular · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |