{"product_id":"medieval-monstrosity-and-the-female-body-9781138817449","title":"Medieval Monstrosity and the Female Body","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe medieval monster is a slippery construct, and its referents include a range of religious, racial, and corporeal aberrations. In this study, Miller argues that one incarnation of monstrosity in the Middle Agesthe female bodyexists in special relation to medieval teratology insofar as it resists the customary marginalization that defined most other monstrous groups in the Middle Ages. Though medieval maps located the monstrous races on the distant margins of the civilized world, the monstrous female body took the form of mother, sister, wife, and daughter. It was, therefore, pervasive, proximate, and necessary on social, sexual, and reproductive grounds. Miller considers several significant texts representing authoritative discourses on female monstrosity in the Middle Ages: the Pseudo-Ovidian poem, \u003cem\u003eDe vetula (The Old Woman)\u003c\/em\u003e; a treatise on human generation erroneously attributed to Albert the Great, \u003cem\u003eDe secretis mulierum (On the Secrets of Women)\u003c\/em\u003e, and Julian of No\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is a fine, stimulating book which constructs a subtle, complex argument not only about monsters, but the theorizing of men and women in the thirteenth and fourtteenth centuries.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e-- The Medieval Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the complex workings of medieval teratological discourse, its constructive and deconstructive capacities, and its role within the formation of medieval socioreligious material and textual identities.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Journal of British Studies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments Introduction: The Monstrous Borders of the Female Body 1: Ovidian Poetry, Virgins, Mothers, and Monsters: Ovidian and Pseudo-Ovidian Bodies 2: Gynecology, Gynecological Secrets: Blood, Seed, and Monstrous Births in \u003cem\u003eDe secretis mulierum\u003c\/em\u003e 3: Mystical Theology, Monstrous Love: The Permeable Body of Christ in Julian of Norwich’s \u003cem\u003eShowings\u003c\/em\u003e Conclusion: The Monstrous Borders of the Self Notes Bibliography Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019529027927,"sku":"9781138817449","price":45.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138817449.jpg?v=1750780538","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/medieval-monstrosity-and-the-female-body-9781138817449","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}