The Madonna's body: The social construction of a neutralized body

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 ve...

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Published in:Critical research on religion
Main Author: Fabbrini, Marco (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2017]
In: Critical research on religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Italy / Folk religion / Marian image / Body / Sex differentiation / Neutralisierung
B Santa Maria del Monte (Civitella Roveto) / Folk religion
RelBib Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
CE Christian art
KBJ Italy
NBJ Mariology
Further subjects:B Virgin
B Folk Religion
B Ritual
B Taboo
B Christianity
B Gender
B Body
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