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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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2021-07-01
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| Series: | Open Theology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opth-2020-0163 |