Forumsvortrag «Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, & Gender in the Middle Ages» mit Melanie Holcomb & Nancy Thebaut

Currently on view at The Met Cloisters (NY), the exhibition Spectrum of Desire considers how medieval objects reveal and structure the performance of gender, understandings of the body, and erotic encounters, both physical and spiritual. It offers new readings of often familiar objects in which gender, sexuality, relationships, and bodies are central themes, and its methods draw from gender studies and queer theory to help museum visitors question past assumptions and read against the grain of modern heteronormativity. In this joint presentation, the exhibition’s co-curators, Melanie Holcomb & Nancy Thebaut, will offer an in-depth look at the exhibition and share new insights on objects that proved particularly challenging in their research.

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