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Sexuality and its Queer Discontents in Middle English Literature /

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This book exposes the ways in which ostensibly normative sexualities depend upon queerness to shore up their claims of privilege. Through readings of such classic texts as The Canterbury Tales and Eger and Grime , Tison Pugh explains how sexual normativity can often be claimed only after queerness h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pugh, Tison (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Series:New Middle Ages.
Subjects:
History.
European History.
Fiction.
Gender Studies.
History of Medieval Europe.
Literature, general.
Medieval Literature.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Literature, Medieval.
Literature.
Sex (Psychology)
Sociology.
Europe > History-476-1492.
Europe > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book exposes the ways in which ostensibly normative sexualities depend upon queerness to shore up their claims of privilege. Through readings of such classic texts as The Canterbury Tales and Eger and Grime , Tison Pugh explains how sexual normativity can often be claimed only after queerness has been rejected.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 pages)
ISBN:9780230610521
DOI:10.1057/9780230610521