Description
| Product ID: | 9781526110077 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture |
| Title: | Practising Shame |
| Subtitle: | Female Honour in Later Medieval England |
| Authors: | Author: Mary C. Flannery |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Literature: history and criticism, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval |
| Description: | Practicing shame explores how the literature of medieval England encouraged women to secure their honour by cultivating hypervigilance against shame. The book transforms our understanding of the construction of femininity in the past and offers a new framework for thinking about honourable womanhood now and in the years to come. -- . Practicing shame explores how the literature of medieval England encouraged women to secure their honour by cultivating hypervigilance against shame. The book transforms our understanding of the construction of femininity in the past and offers a new framework for thinking about honourable womanhood now and in the years to come. |
| Imprint Name: | Manchester University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Manchester University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-11-02 |