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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I don't know a lot about this issue, but I'd start with a book by Margaret R. Miles called *Carnal knowing: female nakedness and religious meaning in the Christian west* (Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, 1989). Sherry Reames English Dept U Wisconsin-Madison ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, February 6, 2004 8:18 am Subject: Re: [M-R] Virgin Mary showing her breast to Christ > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > > http://www.geocities.com/cdesastre20008/MariaIntercesora.htm > > > Amazing! > > > > I know lots of images of the Virgin showing Her breast to Christ > in the Last Judgment, but no one > > so provocative. She is almost naked and, besides, she's gazing > to the spectator, not to His Son > > Dear Carlos, > In many churches in Bretagne, there are Nativity scenes with naked > figures of the > Virgin Mary. We are obviously dealing with very different > ideological and moral > attitudes towards the body in images like this. I know of no > studies of this > phenomenon, but I would certainly be interested in references, if > anyone knows of > any. > Cheers, > Jim Bugslag > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html