ISBN:
9781137079978
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XI, 292 p)
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Wiesner-Hanks, Merry [Rezension von: Fenster, Thelma S., Gender in Debate from the Early Middle Ages to the Renaissance] 2003
Series Statement:
The New Middle Ages
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Keywords:
Social sciences
;
Sociology
;
Sex (Psychology)
;
Gender expression
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Gender identity
;
History, Modern
;
Europe History-1492-
;
Europe History-476-1492
;
World history
;
Literature
;
Sex.
Abstract:
Modern scholarship generally treats the "debate about women" (querelle des femmes) as a late medieval phenomenon, perhaps touched upon by canonic authors like Chaucer but truly begun by Christine de Pizan (1364-1429), and therefore primarily of English and French origin. That emphasis has obscured the ways in which both writers were participating in a much wider, much older cultural phenomenon with varied and intractable roots. Articles in this collection explore how gender is put into debate in Anglo-Saxon, German, Spanish and Italian cultures, and they re-examine French and Middle English debate literature. The collection is carefully planned to be accessible to students seeking an idea of the debate's motifs and contours while maintaining the high level of issue involvement necessary to commanding a more seasoned audience. Contributors include Pamela Benson, Alcuin Blamires, Margaret Franklin, Roberta Krueger, Clare Lees and Gillian Overing, Ann Matter, Karen Pratt, Helen Solterer, Julian Weiss, and Barbara Weissberger
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-137-07997-8
URL:
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