Obscene pedagogies : transgressive talk and sexual education in late medieval Britain /
Harris, Carissa M.,
Obscene pedagogies : transgressive talk and sexual education in late medieval Britain / Carissa M. Harris. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
"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"--
2019716230
English literature--History and criticism.--Middle English, 1100-1500
Obscene words in literature.
Sex in literature.
Misogyny in literature.
Sex instruction--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Sex role--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Electronic Books.
PR275 / .O273 2018
Obscene pedagogies : transgressive talk and sexual education in late medieval Britain / Carissa M. Harris. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
"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"--
2019716230
English literature--History and criticism.--Middle English, 1100-1500
Obscene words in literature.
Sex in literature.
Misogyny in literature.
Sex instruction--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Sex role--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Electronic Books.
PR275 / .O273 2018