Becoming Male in the Middle Ages (New Middle Ages) [Hardcover]

Jeffrey Jerome Cohen (Editor), Bonnie Wheeler (Editor)

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ISBN-10: 0815328362 | ISBN-13: 978-0815328360 | Publication Date: April 1, 1997

Combining critical work in feminism, gender studies, queer theory, and cultural studies, the essays explore the relationship between Christian and masculine identity; children, penance, and sexuality; heroism, castration, and eunuchry; education; the relationship between male and animal bodies; discipline and gender; Chaucer; transvestism and knighthood; drag and blackface; contemporary identity theory; and other scholarly subjects.

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About the Author

English and Human Sciences at George Washington University. His publications include Monster Theory: Reading Culture, Of Giants: Sex, Monsters, and the Middle Ages, and The Postcolonial Middle Ages. Bonnie Wheeler directs the Medieval Studies Program at Southern Methodist University. She is series editor of The New Middle Ages and edits the journal Arthuriana.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 408 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815328362
• ISBN-13: 978-0815328360
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,100,741 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I am Professor of English and Director of the Medieval and Early Modern Studies Institute at George Washington University.

http://www.jeffreyjeromecohen.com/

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1.0 out of 5 stars if people cannot understand it....you have wasted your time, November 16, 2007

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This review is from: Becoming Male in the Middle Ages (New Middle Ages) (Paperback)

The book is a collection of essays on gender issues. As a history graduate student I really have problem with reading history written by anyone other than historians. Most of the essays were written by English professors who string a series of exquisite words together leading many to utter confusion. I did not like any of the essays, and most of it can be quite confusing if not far fetched. I am not a gender historian, but some of the ideas remind me of 3rd century Gnostic writers. If your into gender history, give it a shot.