"Clad in flesch and Blood": The Sartorial Body and Female Self-Fashioning in The Book of Margery Kempe

This article examines how the engagement with textiles and textile-craft in The Book of Margery Kempe facilitates the performance of Margery's female religious identity. Drawing on the fundamental precepts of performance theory, the article responds to recent scholarly interest in the manifesta...

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Main Author: Lucas, Hannah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Penn State Univ. Press [2019]
In: Journal of medieval religious cultures
Year: 2019, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-60
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CD Christianity and Culture
KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages
KCD Hagiography; saints
NBE Anthropology
NBJ Mariology
Further subjects:B Women
B Gender Identity
B Imitation in literature
B Clothing
B Pilgrimages
B Iconography
B Religious Identity
B Semiotics
B Textile industry
B Textiles
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