Material Iberia II: Shaping Bodies in Literature and Art across the Abrahamic Traditions
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies
Organizer Name
Jessica A. Boon
Organizer Affiliation
Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Presider Name
Clara Pascual-Argente
Presider Affiliation
Rhodes College
Paper Title 1
Desert, Forest, Garden, Glade: The Body in Place in Medieval Spain
Presenter 1 Name
Robin Bower
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Pennsylvania State Univ.-Beaver
Paper Title 2
The "Insistent Materiality" of the "Santo Christo" in the Cathedral of Ourense, Spain, and Its Importance to the Case of Joseph Soller, "Peregrino Mulato" and Priest Impersonator
Presenter 2 Name
John K. Moore, Jr.
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of Alabama-Birmingham
Paper Title 3
Esther as a Devotional Figure in La Reyna Ester
Presenter 3 Name
Emily Colbert Cairns
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Salve Regina Univ.
Paper Title 4
Iberian Bodies beyond the Peninsula at al-Qasr al-Kabir
Presenter 4 Name
Elizabeth Spragins
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Stanford Univ.
Paper Title 5
Respondent
Presenter 5 Name
Emily Francomano
Presenter 5 Affiliation
Georgetown Univ.
Start Date
15-5-2015 3:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 1360
Description
Caroline Walker Bynum’s insight that body as matter is linked to the materia of stars, animals, blood, and wood is applicable beyond the realm of religious devotion, and has the potential to complicate traditional studies of materiality in literature and art. In these disciplines, materiality is often equated with the means of production: bookbinding, the development of oil paint techniques, the circulation of books and art objects. This session provides papers that instead consider the materiality of bodies in texts and art, attending to how fabrics, vessels, weapons, and other material objects are instrumental in the construction of literary characters or in the symbolism in found altarpieces, reliquaries, and other art objects across the three religious traditions. The papers trace a single type of material object either across several literary or artistic genres or chronologically over several centuries into the early modern, or concentrate on the multiple materialities available in one text or artwork or spatial location.
Jessica A. Boon
Material Iberia II: Shaping Bodies in Literature and Art across the Abrahamic Traditions
Schneider 1360
Caroline Walker Bynum’s insight that body as matter is linked to the materia of stars, animals, blood, and wood is applicable beyond the realm of religious devotion, and has the potential to complicate traditional studies of materiality in literature and art. In these disciplines, materiality is often equated with the means of production: bookbinding, the development of oil paint techniques, the circulation of books and art objects. This session provides papers that instead consider the materiality of bodies in texts and art, attending to how fabrics, vessels, weapons, and other material objects are instrumental in the construction of literary characters or in the symbolism in found altarpieces, reliquaries, and other art objects across the three religious traditions. The papers trace a single type of material object either across several literary or artistic genres or chronologically over several centuries into the early modern, or concentrate on the multiple materialities available in one text or artwork or spatial location.
Jessica A. Boon