One Cult, Many Cultures

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Hagiography Society

Organizer Name

Alison Frazier

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Texas-Austin

Presider Name

Kathleen Ashley

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Southern Maine

Paper Title 1

The Woman with the Alabaster Jar: The Digby Mary Magdalene and the Spectacle of Extravagance

Presenter 1 Name

Anne Llewellyn

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Virginia

Paper Title 2

Margaret and Marina of Antioch

Presenter 2 Name

Wendy R. Larson

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Roanoke College

Paper Title 3

An Itinerary of Saints: Mapping Holiness in Mandeville's Travels

Presenter 3 Name

Beth Sutherland

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Virginia

Start Date

11-5-2013 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1130

Description

Three speakers explore differentiations in saints' cults: wealth and poverty in dramatic depictions of the Magdalene; east and west in gendered depictions of Margaret/Marina; and the very idea of cult as a form of differentiated spatial organization.

Alison K. Frazier