Document Type
Article
Abstract
The introductory essay describes the aims of this special volume, which are to analyze the intersections between religion and gender in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic cultures, as reflected in diverse pre- and early modern textual genres, and to explore the relationships between gender and genres. Toward these ends the authors interrogate how a given textual genre, as well as the gender of the author/compiler and the intended audience, might influence the representations of gender. The introductory essay summarizes the seven articles constituting the volume, highlights the points of contact and differences among them, and reflects upon their broader significance to the question of the intersections between religious and gender identities and textual genres.
Acknowledgements
Research for all the articles in this special issue was conducted within the framework of the research project, “Writing Religious, Transcultural, and Gender Identities and Alterities in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean,” financed by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia y Universidades, the Agencia Estatal de Investigación, and the European Union, ref. no. PGC2018-093472-B-C32 (2019–2022). The revisions and final publication were completed within the framework of the research project, “Intersections of Religion and Gender in Transcultural Contexts: Premodern Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Iberia and the Mediterranean,” financed by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, the Agencia Estatal de Investigación, and the European Union, ref. no. PID2022- 137836NB-C32, MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, and “EDRF, A way of making Europe” (2023–2026).
Keywords
gender, genre, intersections of religion and gender, Judaism, Islam, Christianity
Recommended Citation
Jones, Linda G. "Introduction: Intersections of Gender and Genres in Medieval Judaism, Christianity, and Islam." Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality 61, No. 2 (2026)
