Essays about: "transvestites"

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  1. 1. “She said she was called Theodore” : -        A modality analysis of five transcendental saints in the 1260’s Legenda Aurea and 1430’s Gilte Legende

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Emmy Atterving; [2017]
    Keywords : saint; saints; transvestites; transvestism; transvestite; saint marina; marina; marinus; saint eugenia; eugenia; eugene; saint theodora; theodora; theodore; saint margaret; margaret pelagius; margaret; margaret pelagia; pelagius; pelagia; saint pelagia; jacopo de fazio; jacobus de voragine; jacopo da varazze; compiler; dominican; Golden legend; legenda aurea; legenda sanctorum; gilte legende; confessor; martyr; virgin; hagiographies; hagiography; biography; England; Middle English sweden; monastery; monk; abbot; social experimentation; space; feminisation of language; jesus as mother; saint bridget of sweden; saint mary; holy virgin; saint catherine of siena; le roman de silences; silence; caroline walker bynum; sanctity; transcendence; homi bhabha; post-colonial; postcolonial; loomba; hybridity; hybridity theory; gender; gender fluidity; crossdressing; cross-dressing; transgender; laqueur; linguistics; modality; nuyts; medieval; late medieval; late middle ages; middle ages; late medieval period;

    Abstract : This thesis explores modalities in two hagiographical collections from the late Middle Ages; the Legenda Aurea and the Gilte Legende by drawing inspiration from post-colonial hybridity theories.. READ MORE