Hungry Mind Lecture Series

Title

Queers in the Middle Ages? A Lesbian/Trans Reading of One Medieval Romance

Streaming Media

Document Type

Video File

Duration

1 hour 19 minutes 20 seconds

Publication Date

11-29-2017

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | English Language and Literature | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Medieval Studies

Abstract

Dr. Jamie Friedman (assistant professor of English at Linfield College) discusses what happens when two seemingly disparate texts (a late medieval English romance about a cross-dressing knight, and contemporary transgender theory that responds to lesbian theories) are brought into conversation with one another.

Comments

Sponsored by the Linfield College English Department.

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