Getting Medieval: Sexualities and Communities, Pre- and Postmodern

362 Pages·1999·24.194 MB·English

by  Carolyn Dinshaw

Getting Medieyal
EditedbyMichele AinaBarale,jonathan Goldberg,
MichaelMoon, andEveKosofsky Sedgwick

Getting
Medieval
Sexualities and Communities,
Pre- and Postmodern
Carolyn Dinshaw
Duke UniversityPress Durham andLondon
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Weneed historyforlife andaction,
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The Use andAbuse ofHistory

Contents
Acknowledgments Xl
Introduction
Touchingonthe Past I
Chapter One
ItTakes Oneto Know One:Lollards,Sodomites,
andTheirAccusers 55
Chapter Two
GoodVibrations: John/Eleanor, DameAlys,
the Pardoner, andFoucault 100
Chapter Three
MargeryKempeAnswers Back 143
Coda
GettingMedieval: Pulp Fiction, Foucault,and
theUse ofthe Past 183
Notes 207
Bibliography 305
Index 337