Medieval Intersections: Gender And Status In Europe In The Middle Ages,
2023
University of Aberdeen
Medieval Intersections: Gender And Status In Europe In The Middle Ages, Ebba Strutzenbladh
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Fighter, Player, Hunter: Queer Women And Female Agents On Secular Gothic Ivories,
2023
Columbia University
Fighter, Player, Hunter: Queer Women And Female Agents On Secular Gothic Ivories, Emma Le Pouésard
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
This essay shines a light on the previously ignored queer representations of women on Gothic secular ivories, taking as its case studies three popular iconographical themes: the Castle of Love, the game of chess, and the courtly hunt. Refusing to yield to compulsory heterosexuality when looking at the indeterminately gendered bodies that populate these objects reveals both the ivories’ inherent queerness and their potential to interrogate their own normativity. Like the romance literature that inspired the images on these objects, they represent and enforce idealized gender norms with remarkable reluctance. In particular, the author highlights overlooked depictions of female homosocial …
Malory’S Gwenyvere And Her Ladies,
2023
University of Indianapolis
Malory’S Gwenyvere And Her Ladies, Molly A. Martin
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
This essay argues that in Malory’s Morte Darthur, Gwenyvere, like the English queens of the late medieval period, has a coterie of ladies in service who are essential to her relationship with Launcelot in particular. Their support provides a site of resistance to the male chivalric world that dominates the Arthurian community, especially when considered through the lens of female friendship, and helps the queen transgress patriarchal expectations.
Stone Fidelity: Marriage And Emotion In Medieval Tomb Sculpture,
2023
University of California, Riverside
Stone Fidelity: Marriage And Emotion In Medieval Tomb Sculpture, Amy Danielle Juarez
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Women’S Friendship In Medieval Literature,
2023
Western Michigan University
Women’S Friendship In Medieval Literature, Skye Oliver
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Female Authorship, Patronage, And Translation In Late Medieval France: From Christine De Pizan To Louise Labé,
2023
Brown University
Female Authorship, Patronage, And Translation In Late Medieval France: From Christine De Pizan To Louise Labé, Alani Hicks-Bartlett
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Acts Of Care: Recovering Women In Late Medieval Health,
2023
Loyola University Chicago
Acts Of Care: Recovering Women In Late Medieval Health, Tanya Stabler Miller
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Women Religious Crossing Between The Cloister And The World: Nunneries In Europe And The Americas, Ca. 1200–1700,
2023
Ashoka University
Women Religious Crossing Between The Cloister And The World: Nunneries In Europe And The Americas, Ca. 1200–1700, Alexandra Verini
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Women, Writing And Religion In England And Beyond, 650–1100,
2023
Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona
Women, Writing And Religion In England And Beyond, 650–1100, Andrew Breeze
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Notes On Contributors,
2023
Western Michigan University
Notes On Contributors
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Women’S Public Language In The "Old English Apollonius Of Tyre",
2023
Cornell University
Women’S Public Language In The "Old English Apollonius Of Tyre", Sophia D'Ignazio
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
This article argues that the Old English Apollonius is a deliberate, complete adaptation of the Apollonius story that centers women’s learning. Read as an integral narrative, rather than a fragment, the Old English Apollonius becomes a story about Princess Arcestrate’s education and governance. Following hagiographical models, Arcestrate’s learning and virtue take center stage, with Apollonius displaced into the supporting role of teacher. The adaptation celebrates female learning as the means of moral governance and dynastic success.
Lesbians Like Me,
2023
University of Southern California
Lesbians Like Me, Judith M. Bennett
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
In 1973, I was a brand new lesbian and also a brand new medievalist. This essay explores how these two strands of my life diverged and intersected over the course of my career. It has sad bits but is mostly happy. I hope it will interest many of you today, and I also hope that its story of change-for-the-better continues for all of us.
Women Warriors And National Heroes: Global Histories,
2023
Muscatine Community College
Women Warriors And National Heroes: Global Histories, Misty Urban
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal Of Gender And Sexuality 59.1 (2023),
2023
Western Michigan University
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal Of Gender And Sexuality 59.1 (2023)
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Reading The Books Of Margery Kempe And Alice Pyett: Attachment And Feminist Restoration In Michelle Paver's "Wakenhyrst",
2023
University College, Oxford
Reading The Books Of Margery Kempe And Alice Pyett: Attachment And Feminist Restoration In Michelle Paver's "Wakenhyrst", Laura Varnam
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
This article examines reading, attachment, and the restoration of female voices in Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst, a 2019 novel inspired by the fifteenth-century mystic and author, Margery Kempe. The article foregrounds and analyses the author’s own response to the novel and to Paver's comments about Kempe from the perspective of Rita Felski's work on art and attachment (2020) and in the context of Carolyn Dinshaw's reading of Hope Emily Allen's championing of Margery Kempe (2012). Underpinned by a framework that draws on medievalism studies (particularly Katherine Brown's concept of 'restoration'), the article explores the ways in which Paver's two readers …
Apostate Nuns In The Later Middle Ages,
2023
Western Michigan University
Apostate Nuns In The Later Middle Ages, Morgan Mcminn
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
A Life Of Ill Repute: Public Prostitution In The Middle Ages,
2023
Pennsylvania State University
A Life Of Ill Repute: Public Prostitution In The Middle Ages, Amanda Scott
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
The Basque Seroras: Local Religion, Gender, And Power In Northern Iberia, 1550–1800,
2023
Hofstra University
The Basque Seroras: Local Religion, Gender, And Power In Northern Iberia, 1550–1800, Phyllis Zagano
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Women, Food, And Diet In The Middle Ages: Balancing The Humors,
2023
Western Michigan University
Women, Food, And Diet In The Middle Ages: Balancing The Humors, Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Faux Feminism In A Capitalistic Fever Dream: A Review Of Greta Gerwig's Barbie (2023),
2023
Pacific University
Faux Feminism In A Capitalistic Fever Dream: A Review Of Greta Gerwig's Barbie (2023), Amy La Porte, Lena Cavusoglu
Markets, Globalization & Development Review
Somewhere between meaningful discourse about female agency and the commercial interests of a problematic doll franchise lies Mattel's box office hit film Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig. In a script-flipping interpretation of the real-world patriarchy, it catapults itself into overdue discussions about gender norms, objectification, and the pursuit of Westernized beauty ideals. While it may have introduced liberationist theories to a new generation of women, ultimately it is a film bound by cognitive dissonance. This paper will delve into the profit-making protagonist at the center of its story and argue the film's underlying incompatibility with diversity, feminism, and social …
