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Abstract Surface

𝚟𝚒𝚊  𝚎𝚝  𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚜  𝚎𝚝  𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚊

ICSA 2024 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Barcelona, Spain

I am pleased to inform you about an upcoming presentation of the research titled "Sacrificial Seductions: Female Bodies as Exploited Sacrifices" at the ICSA 2024 Annual International Conference in Barcelona, Spain, from July 4-6, 2024. I invite attendees to engage with this thought-provoking research, contribute to meaningful discussions, and explore avenues for advancing awareness and effecting positive change.

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Research Highlight

Immaculate Conception of Gender:
The Marian Phenomenon among Catholic Women Pilgrims

Feminist Theology, Sage Publications - 2024

This research concerns the phenomenological pragmatics of the Marian imaginaries in the study of gender and religion as intersecting and co-constituting themes. The contemporary constructions of antiquity occur in two ways: phantasmatic conceptions of the sacred as indoctrinated gendered catechisms and embodied forms manifest on the body, thus serving as dogmatic disruptions for human sexuality. Reminiscent of Irigaray,  what are the ways in which seemingly sexed bodies shelter the deterritorialized Queen? In what manner do bodies on pilgrimage facilitate the mediation of the mediatrix? This study examines how the queen of virgins, the Regina Virginum, demarcates the visions of womanhood and femininity through fieldwork among Latina Catholic women pilgrims to the House of the Virgin Mary in Selçuk Province, Turkey. In this context, it further provides an analysis of discourse within the context of Pope Francis' address at the General Audience held in the Paul VI Audience Hall on Wednesday, 23 August 2023. The research results are set to highlight how women can cultivate empowerment by embracing their inner selves, paralleling Mary's spiritual influence on women's agency. Findings demonstrate how women utilize pilgrimage experiences, inspired by Mary's multifaceted symbolism, to challenge gender norms, reconstruct identities, and assert agency, emphasizing the transformative potential of religious practices in empowering women.

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