The female crucifix : images of St. Wilgefortis since the Middle Ages / Ilse E. Friesen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friesen, Ilse E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wilgefortis (Legendary saint)--Art.

Wilgefortis (Legendary saint).

Wilgefortis (Legendary saint)--Cult.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610925377

9781280925375

128092537X

9780889209398

0889209391

OCLC:

65183838