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Clefts in the Rock: The Theology of Sheela-na-gigs in Medieval Ireland
Clefts in the Rock: The Theology of Sheela-na-gigs in Medieval Ireland
상세정보
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20250211151311
- ISBN
- 9798382581552
- DDC
- 200
- 서명/저자
- Clefts in the Rock: The Theology of Sheela-na-gigs in Medieval Ireland
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : Indiana University, 2024
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
- 형태사항
- 322 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-11, Section: A.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Furey, Constance M.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2024.
- 초록/해제
- 요약This dissertation addresses the theological significance of a corpus of sculpture found in medieval church architecture in Ireland. These carvings are called "Sheela-na-gigs" and there are over one hundred carvings that survive in Ireland, with lesser numbers found in Wales, Scotland, and England. They are depictions of nude female human bodies that gesture to their genitalia that can be found over entrances, windows, arches, or other transitional areas like supportive wall projections, external angles, or gable peaks. Unfortunately, there is little concrete information that survives to assert their symbolic function. Despite their prominence in Irish Christian buildings, Sheela-na-gigs have yet to be understood as possessing meaningful Christian significance. To date, scholarship on Sheela-na-gigs has theorized that they are pagan goddesses, obstetric-fertility totems, or warnings against the pursuit of lust. In this study, I argue that the Sheela-na-gigs should be understood as generative Christian images in later medieval Ireland (c. 1100-1550). Through textual and visual analysis, I demonstrate how their physical characteristics and architectural dispositions resonate with concepts and ideas about the body and sanctity in medieval Irish Christianity. This study examines discrete carvings and sculptural trends with the support of hagiography, religious poetry, and medieval Christian art. It concludes that the Sheela-na-gig is an image of considerable complexity that stimulates thinking about the vital role of embodiment in religious devotion.
- 일반주제명
- Religion
- 일반주제명
- Medieval history
- 일반주제명
- Theology
- 일반주제명
- Religious history
- 키워드
- Clefts
- 키워드
- Rocks
- 키워드
- Sheela-na-gigs
- 키워드
- Medieval Ireland
- 키워드
- Irish women
- 기타저자
- Indiana University Religious Studies
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-11A.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■520 ▼aThis dissertation addresses the theological significance of a corpus of sculpture found in medieval church architecture in Ireland. These carvings are called "Sheela-na-gigs" and there are over one hundred carvings that survive in Ireland, with lesser numbers found in Wales, Scotland, and England. They are depictions of nude female human bodies that gesture to their genitalia that can be found over entrances, windows, arches, or other transitional areas like supportive wall projections, external angles, or gable peaks. Unfortunately, there is little concrete information that survives to assert their symbolic function. Despite their prominence in Irish Christian buildings, Sheela-na-gigs have yet to be understood as possessing meaningful Christian significance. To date, scholarship on Sheela-na-gigs has theorized that they are pagan goddesses, obstetric-fertility totems, or warnings against the pursuit of lust. In this study, I argue that the Sheela-na-gigs should be understood as generative Christian images in later medieval Ireland (c. 1100-1550). Through textual and visual analysis, I demonstrate how their physical characteristics and architectural dispositions resonate with concepts and ideas about the body and sanctity in medieval Irish Christianity. This study examines discrete carvings and sculptural trends with the support of hagiography, religious poetry, and medieval Christian art. It concludes that the Sheela-na-gig is an image of considerable complexity that stimulates thinking about the vital role of embodiment in religious devotion.
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■650 4▼aBritish & Irish literature
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■792 ▼a2024
■793 ▼aEnglish
■85640▼uhttp://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T17161113▼nKERIS▼z이 자료의 원문은 한국교육학술정보원에서 제공합니다.
