Obscene Pedagogies : Transgressive Talk and Sexual Education in Late Medieval Britain /

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"Obscene Pedagogies argues that sexual obscenity was a valuable tool for educating individuals about rape, consent, desire, and pleasure in the Middle Ages as well as in our own time"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harris, Carissa M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sex role.
Sex instruction.
Sex in literature.
Obscene words in literature.
Misogyny in literature.
English literature > Middle English.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Misogynie dans la litterature.
Sexualite dans la litterature.
Mots obscenes dans la litterature.
Litterature anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Sex role > Great Britain > History > To 1500.
Sex instruction > Great Britain > History > To 1500.
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : teaching sex : the pedagogy of obscenity
  • "Felawe masculinity" : teaching rape culture in Chaucer's Canterbury tales
  • "With a cunt" : obscene misogyny and masculine pedagogical community in the Middle Scots flyting
  • Pastourelle encounters : rape, consent, and sexual negotiation
  • Pedagogies of pleasure : peer education in medieval women's songs
  • Songs of wantonness : voicing desire in two lyric anthologies
  • Conclusion : "grab 'em by the pussy" : obscene pedagogies, past and present.

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