TY - CHAP
T1 - Beyond Binaries
T2 - A Reflection on the (Trans) Gender(s) of Saints
AU - van Dijk, Mathilde
PY - 2021/4/30
Y1 - 2021/4/30
N2 - In this epilogue, I discuss the productivity of trans and genderqueer readings of medieval hagiography in three contexts: the development of hagiographical studies since the 1960s, of gender studies since Simone de Beauvoir’s seminal work Le deuxième sexe (1949-1950), and, finally, of historical studies, since the publication of Pierre Nora’s Les Lieux de mémoire (1984-1992). It should be clear that this afterword is not intended as anything like a final conclusion to this volume, claiming to neatly resolve all of the questions raised. Instead, it is an invitation to further explore gender and saints, to reflect on both categories as well as on methods of trans and genderqueer reading, and, finally, on the societal meaning of such studies today.
AB - In this epilogue, I discuss the productivity of trans and genderqueer readings of medieval hagiography in three contexts: the development of hagiographical studies since the 1960s, of gender studies since Simone de Beauvoir’s seminal work Le deuxième sexe (1949-1950), and, finally, of historical studies, since the publication of Pierre Nora’s Les Lieux de mémoire (1984-1992). It should be clear that this afterword is not intended as anything like a final conclusion to this volume, claiming to neatly resolve all of the questions raised. Instead, it is an invitation to further explore gender and saints, to reflect on both categories as well as on methods of trans and genderqueer reading, and, finally, on the societal meaning of such studies today.
KW - gender, queer studies, hagiography, saints, medieval studies
U2 - 10.1515/9789048540266-014
DO - 10.1515/9789048540266-014
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789462988248
T3 - Hagiography Beyond Tradition
SP - 267
EP - 279
BT - Trans and genderqueer subjects in medieval hagiography
A2 - Spencer-Hall, Alicia
A2 - Gutt, Blake
PB - Amsterdam University Press
ER -