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Record Number:
5541
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Smartt , Daniel.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Cruising Twelfth-Century Pilgrims [analysis of the sexual elements found in the Moissac "Luxuria" and a miracle story involving male pilgrims].
Source:
Edited by Whitney DavisJournal of Homosexuality 27, 40180 ( 1994): Pages 35 - 55. Published simultaneously in Gay and Lesbian Studies in Art History. Edited by Whitney Davis. Haworth Press, 1994. 35-55
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Art History- Sculpture
Gender
Homosexuality
Liber Sancti Iacobi, Liturgical Book
Miracles
Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne, France- Abbey Church of Saint Pierre- Portal- Luxuria
Pilgrimage
Sexuality
Sins in Art
Women in Art
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
France
Century:
12
Primary Evidence:
Sculpture; Moissac, Church of Saint Pierre, left wall of portal, Luxuria, the sin of unchastity. The scene depicts a naked woman with snakes biting her breasts and a toad attacking her genitals. A devil stands next to her.
Illustrations:
Four figures. A close-up photograph and drawing of Luxuria. The left-hand wall of the portal in which Luxuria is located. The portal tympanum with Christ in majesty.
Table:
Abstract:
When taken together, the Moissac "Luxuria," a miracle story from the "Book of St. James," and the twelfth-century pilgrims who experienced them seem to show that sexual energy and an instability of gender characterized certain encounters among male pilgrims. I believe that this influenced what people saw when they looked at the "Luxuria," and I try to situate this thesis in the context of Lesbian and Gay Studies. At the outset I adopt a "performative" view of homosexual relationships, and I close by relating the word "cruising" to the structural homology between myself and the people I study. [Reproduced by permission of the Haworth Press.]
Related Resources:
Author's Affiliation:
Swarthmore College
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1994.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
00918369