The Maternal Body as a Space: Examining the Visuality of Marian Pregnancy in Late Medieval Europe
This work offers a theoretically informed analysis of the characterization of maternity in religion using a spatial lens. The maternal body as a space is used as an analytical framework to discuss how Mary’s pregnancy is located and spatialized in Christianity. Through examining selected medieval Ma...
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2021
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Open theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 256-270 |
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Maternity
B Space B Marian iconography B Body B Mary |
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