Cruising twelfth-century pilgrims.
When taken together, the Moissac Luxuria, a miracle story from the Book of St. James, and the twelfth-century pilgrims who experienced them seem to show that sexual energy and an instability of gender characterized certain encounters among male pilgrims. I believe that this influenced what people saw when they looked at the Luxuria, and I try to situate this thesis in the context of Lesbian and Gay Studies. At the outset I adopt a "performative" view of homosexual relationships, and I close by relating the word "cruising" to the structural homology between myself and the people I study.
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Art Department, Swarthmore College, PA 19081.
D005260:Female; D005602:France; D005783:Gender Identity; D049691:History, Medieval; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000266:history*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012613:Sculpture / Q000266:history; D014195:Travel / Q000266:history*