Summary
In her presentation, Dr. Díaz-Zambrana discusses the nuances of women on the Camino pilgrimage, including the idea that the "default" pligrim is male in literary works and primary sources about the pilgrimage. In fact, despite the gendered institutions that perpetuated this image, women have been completing the pilgrimage for centuries using a variety of methods.
Lady as a Pilgrim (1790), Painting by Francis Wheatley
Muslim Women's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Beyond by ISBN: 1003110908Publication Date: 2020-11-15This book investigates female Muslims pilgrimage practices and how these relate to women's mobility, social relations, identities, and the power structures that shape women's lives.
Women Pilgrims in Late Medieval England by Call Number: Olin Library Books - 1st Floor BX2320.5 .G7 M67 2000ISBN: 0415221803Publication Date: 2000-07-13This thought-provoking book explores medieval perceptions of pilgrimage, gender and space. It examines real life evidence for the widespread presence of women pilgrims, as well as secular and literary texts concerning pilgrimage and women pilgrims represented in the visual arts. Women pilgrims were inextricably linked with sexuality and their presence on the pilgrimage trails was viewed as tainting sacred space.
Writers and Pilgrims: medieval pilgrimage narratives and their posterity by Call Number: Olin Library Books - 3rd Floor PR149 .P45 H6ISBN: 0520039262Publication Date: 1980-01-01"The most interesting aspect of this study is the picture it gives in its totality of the medieval idea of pilgrimage. Howard begins by usefully distinguishing the medieval idea of pilgrimage as a metaphor for life not only from such related ideas as "quest" and "voyage of exploration" but also from later ideas of pilgrimage, especially the romantic notion of pilgrimage as a journey into self in search of identity" (https://doi.org/10.2307/2847574).
