The female crucifix : images of St. Wilgefortis since the Middle Ages / / Ilse E. Friesen
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| Autore: |
Friesen Ilse E
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| Titolo: |
The female crucifix : images of St. Wilgefortis since the Middle Ages / / Ilse E. Friesen
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| Pubblicazione: | Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2001 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (208 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 704.9/4863 |
| Soggetto topico: | Wilgefortis (Legendary saint) |
| Wilgefortis (Legendary saint) - Cult | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front Matter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Crucifixion as the Resurrection: The Volto Santo and the Triumphal Crucifix -- Becoming Like Christ: Gender Integration, Imitation and Identification -- The Origin of the Fiddler and the Legend of Gmünd -- St. Ontkommer and St. Uncumber: Images from Holland and England -- “Wilgefortis Sive Liberata”: The Bavarian Cult of the Female Crucifix in Neufahrn -- The Kümmernis Chapel of Burghausen in Bavaria -- St. Kummernus or St. Kümmernis in Tyrol -- The Bearded Woman and the Phenomenon of Hirsutism: Past and Present -- “Christa” and the Blending of Gender in Contemporary Society -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Featuring more than twenty illustrations, including several works of art that were rediscovered by the author and are published here for the first time, The Female Crucifix: Images of St. Wilgefortis Since the Middle Ages provides a new perspective on a very old phenomenon. The legendary bearded female St. Wilgefortis, also known by a variety of other names including "Kummernis" and "Uncumber," was the object of fervent veneration in areas of Western and Central Europe for almost half a millennium. Beginning in the fifteenth century, the legend of her dramatic |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The female crucifix |
| ISBN: | 1-280-92537-X |
| 9786610925377 | |
| 0-88920-939-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816304903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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