Blessed Be the Fruit: santa Brígida y las resignificaciones religiosas en el referéndum sobre el aborto en Irlanda

Elena Monzón Pertejo; Victoria Bernad López

doi:10.24310/BoLArte.2022.vi43.14381

Authors

Elena Monzón Pertejo Spain http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4133-3146
Victoria Bernad López Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/BoLArte.2022.vi43.14381

Keywords:

Saint Bridget, Megan Scott, Olivia Harris, Eighth Amendment, Abortion, Nationalism, Ireland, Artivism, Feminist art

Abstract

Olivia Harris’s photograph, Blessed Be the Fruit, shows Saint Bridget of Kildare, patron of Ireland, holding a banner for repealing the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution. This performance is part of the climate prior to the referendum that took place in 2018, in the Republic of Ireland, to decide whether to repeal the law that prohibited the voluntary interruption of pregnancy. This photograph and other artistic manifestations constitute the basis for a study on the national identity of Ireland and on the figure of Saint Bridget, a character doubly re-signified: first for the appropriation by Christianity, then by pro-choice feminist activism.

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