| Description |
xviii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Medieval cultures ; v. 11
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Medieval cultures ; v. 11.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Pollution, illusion, and masculine disarray : noturnal emmissions and the sexuality of the clergy / Dyan Elliot -- Homosexuality, luxuria, and tectual abuse / Mark D. Jordan -- Sciences/silences : the natures and languages of sodomy in Peter of Abano's Problemata commentary / Joan Cadden -- Manuscript illumination and the art of copulation / Michael Camille -- Bodies that don't matter : heterosexuality before heterosexuality in Gottfired's Tristan / James A. Schultz -- Refashioning courtly love : Lancelot as ladies' man or lady/man? / E. Jane Burns -- Love of thy neighbor / Louis O. Fradenburg -- Conversion and medieval sexual, religious, and racial categories / Steven F. Kruger -- Mystical acts, queer tendencies / Karma Lochrie. |
| Summary |
"This collection is the first to be devoted entirely to medieval sexuality informed by current theories of sexuality and gender. It brings together essays from various disciplinary perspectives to consider how the Middle Ages defined, regulated, and represented sexual practices and desires. Always considering sexuality in relation to gender, the body, and indentity, the essays explore medieval sexuality as a historical construction produced by and embedded in the cultures and institutions of that period. Topics include the medieval understanding of sodomy, the historical construction of heterosexuality, and the intersections of sexuality with race, gender, and religion"--Publisher description. |
| Subject |
Sex -- Europe -- History.
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Sex. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
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Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500.
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Civilization, Medieval.
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Civilization, Medieval. |
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Europe -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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Sex customs -- History -- To 1500.
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Sex customs. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Sexual practices. |
| Added Author |
Lochrie, Karma.
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McCracken, Peggy.
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Schultz, James A. (James Alfred), 1947-
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| ISBN |
0816628289 hardback alkaline paper |
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9780816628285 hardback alkaline paper |
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0816628297 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780816628292 paperback alkaline paper |
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