Carissa M. Harris

Obscene Pedagogies

Transgressive Talk and Sexual Education in Late Medieval Britain

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Produktbeschreibung

As anyone who has read Chaucerâ s Canterbury Tales knows, Middle English literature is rife with sexually explicit language and situations. Less canonical works can be even more brazen in describing illicit acts of sexual activity and sexual violence. Such scenes and language were not, however, included exclusively for titillation. In Obscene...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9781501730405
• ISBN-10: 1501730401
• Artikelnr.: 51990576

Autorenporträt

Carissa M. Harris

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: The Pedagogy of Obscenity
1. "Felawe Masculinity": Teaching Rape Culture in Chaucer's Canterbury
Tales
2. "With a cunt": Obscene Misogyny and Masculine Pedagogical Community
inthe Middle Scots Flyting
3. Pastourelle Encounters: Rape, Consent, and Sexual Negotiation
4. Pedagogies of Pleasure: Peer Educationin Medieval Women's Songs
5. Songs of Wantonness: Voicing Desirein Two Lyric Anthologies
Conclusion: "Grab 'em by the pussy": Obscene Pedagogies, Past and Present
Appendix to Chapter 4: Songs of Lusty Maidens
Appendix to Chapter 5: Songs of Wantonness
Bibliography
Index