The Normative Power of Images: Religion, Gender, Visuality
In this introductory article to the special issue of Religion and Gender on gender, normativity and visuality, we establish the theoretical framework to discuss the influence of visual culture on gender norms. This introduction also provides a reflection on how these norms are communicated, reaffirm...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Brill
[2015]
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Religion & gender
Ano: 2015, Volume: 5, Número: 1, Páginas: 1-17 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Papel de gênero
/ Normatividade
/ Meios visuais
/ Religião
/ Interpretação de uma imagem
/ Maria, von Nazaret, Biblische Person
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| Classificações IxTheo: | AD Sociologia da religião AG Vida religiosa CD Cristianismo ; Cultura NBE Antropologia NBJ Mariologia ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Visual Culture
B Religion and culture B Gender B Imagem B Mary B Normativity |
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| Resumo: | In this introductory article to the special issue of Religion and Gender on gender, normativity and visuality, we establish the theoretical framework to discuss the influence of visual culture on gender norms. This introduction also provides a reflection on how these norms are communicated, reaffirmed and contested in religious contexts. We introduce the notion of visuality as individual and collective signifying practices, with a particular focus on how this regards gender norms. Two main ways in which religion, gender and normativity are negotiated in visual meaning making processes are outlined: on the one hand, the religious legitimation of gender norms and their communication and confirmation through visual material, and on the other hand, the challenge of these norms through the participation in visual culture by means of seeing and creating. These introductory reflections highlight the common concerns of the articles collected in this issue: the connection between the visualisation of gender roles within religious traditions and the influence of religious gender norms in other fields of (visual) culture. |
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| ISSN: | 1878-5417 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Religion & gender
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.18352/rg.10079 |