Torture, Identity, and the Corporeality of Female Sanctity

The legend of St Margaret of Antioch problematizes a range of conceptions of selfhood, particularly the relationship between the body and identity, by constantly blurring the dialectical clarity of the opposition between self and other, between internal and external. Margaret, who is lacerated to th...

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Autor: Beresford, Andrew M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Hagiography
St Margaret of Antioch
Torture
Identity
Corporeality
Hagiografía
Santa Margarita de Antioquía
Tortura
Identidad
Corporalidad
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spelling Torture, Identity, and the Corporeality of Female Sanctitythe Body as Locus of Meaning in the Legend of St Margaret Of AntiochBeresford, Andrew M.HagiographySt Margaret of AntiochTortureIdentityCorporealityHagiografíaSanta Margarita de AntioquíaTorturaIdentidadCorporalidadThe legend of St Margaret of Antioch problematizes a range of conceptions of selfhood, particularly the relationship between the body and identity, by constantly blurring the dialectical clarity of the opposition between self and other, between internal and external. Margaret, who is lacerated to the point where the inner workings of her body become visible, is swallowed by a dragon, but subsequently bursts outwards through its stomach by making the sign of the cross. She in this way becomes a complex and ambivalent figure, a source of abjection rather than scopic objectification for Olybrius, the pagan inquisitor, but a model of heroic resistance for a partisan Christian audience. In this discussion, which focuses on the previously unedited version of her legend in the Castilian Gran flos sanctorm, particular attention is paid to questions of ontological significance, the so-called 'pious pornography' thesis, and the appropriation of the female body as a symbolic locus of meaning.La leyenda de Santa Margarita de Antioquía problematiza una serie de concepciones de la individualidad, sobre todo la relación entre el cuerpo y la identidad, al complicar constantemente la claridad dialéctica de la oposición entre el ser y el otro, entre lo interno y lo externo. Margarita, lacerada hasta un punto en que las operaciones internas de su cuerpo llegan a ser visibles, es tragada por un dragón, cuyo estómago revienta, expulsándola de su interior, cuando ésta se santigua. De esta manera llega a ser una figura compleja y ambivalente, una fuente de abyección más que objetificación escópica para Olibrio, el inquisidor pagano, y un modelo de resistencia heroica para una audiencia cristiana partidaria. En esta discusión, que se centra en la versión previamente inédita de su leyenda preservada en el Gran flos sanctorum castellano, se presta atención sobre todo a cuestiones de significado ontológico, la tal llamada tesis de la 'pornografía pía' y la apropiación del cuerpo femenino como lugar simbólico de significación. 22015-01-0120152015-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/148084https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/medievalia.351reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:1480842025-07-06T12:55:21Z
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the Body as Locus of Meaning in the Legend of St Margaret Of Antioch
title Torture, Identity, and the Corporeality of Female Sanctity
spellingShingle Torture, Identity, and the Corporeality of Female Sanctity
Beresford, Andrew M.
Hagiography
St Margaret of Antioch
Torture
Identity
Corporeality
Hagiografía
Santa Margarita de Antioquía
Tortura
Identidad
Corporalidad
title_short Torture, Identity, and the Corporeality of Female Sanctity
title_full Torture, Identity, and the Corporeality of Female Sanctity
title_fullStr Torture, Identity, and the Corporeality of Female Sanctity
title_full_unstemmed Torture, Identity, and the Corporeality of Female Sanctity
title_sort Torture, Identity, and the Corporeality of Female Sanctity
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St Margaret of Antioch
Torture
Identity
Corporeality
Hagiografía
Santa Margarita de Antioquía
Tortura
Identidad
Corporalidad
topic Hagiography
St Margaret of Antioch
Torture
Identity
Corporeality
Hagiografía
Santa Margarita de Antioquía
Tortura
Identidad
Corporalidad
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