Obscene pedagogies : transgressive talk and sexual education in late medieval Britain /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Harris, Carissa M., author.
Imprint:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism. Obscene words in literature. Sex in literature. Misogyny in literature. Sex instruction -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500. Sex role -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500. English literature -- Middle English. Misogyny in literature. Obscene words in literature. Sex in literature. Sex instruction. Sex role. Great Britain. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12021168

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ISBN:	9781501730429 1501730428 9781501730412 150173041X 9781501730405 1501730401
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	"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"--
Other form:	Print version: Obscene pedagogies Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018. 9781501730405

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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