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Syndiga kvinnor och dygdiga män : Medeltida sexualetik i Europa

Hellqvist, Sara LU (2014) TLUX55 20141
Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Abstract
This thesis examines the medieval notions of gender and sexuality through the eyes of contemporary scholarly work in this field of research. The dominant medieval notion of women/femininity and men/masculinity has been the focus in my reading and understanding of those texts. I have been presented to medieval texts of different genres. The research deal with the questions of what was considered to be “male”/“female” and how those categories created binary contrasts, and how those in turn created a power imbalance between the above two sexes. The theoretical framework focuses on male dominance and the thesis uses different scholarly work in the search for how they present the male as constructed as normal/virtue/active/culture, and the... (More)
This thesis examines the medieval notions of gender and sexuality through the eyes of contemporary scholarly work in this field of research. The dominant medieval notion of women/femininity and men/masculinity has been the focus in my reading and understanding of those texts. I have been presented to medieval texts of different genres. The research deal with the questions of what was considered to be “male”/“female” and how those categories created binary contrasts, and how those in turn created a power imbalance between the above two sexes. The theoretical framework focuses on male dominance and the thesis uses different scholarly work in the search for how they present the male as constructed as normal/virtue/active/culture, and the female as abnormal/vice/passive/nature. The notion of ethics and morals in the thesis is seen as part of the cultural identity and throughout the thesis arguments is found to conclude the fact that all parts of the medieval life was under the control of a hegemonic masculinity. The main research results achieved demonstrates female subordination based on the concepts above as self-evident and as being a fundamental part of the medieval female identity.

Keywords: male dominance, hegemony, sexuality, gender, Middle Ages/medieval,
binary contrasts (Less)
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author
Hellqvist, Sara LU
supervisor
organization
course
TLUX55 20141
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
male dominance, hegemony, sexuality, gender, Middle Ages/medieval, binary contrasts
language
Swedish
id
4466347
date added to LUP
2014-08-12 09:46:08
date last changed
2015-12-14 13:36:18
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  abstract     = {{This thesis examines the medieval notions of gender and sexuality through the eyes of contemporary scholarly work in this field of research. The dominant medieval notion of women/femininity and men/masculinity has been the focus in my reading and understanding of those texts. I have been presented to medieval texts of different genres. The research deal with the questions of what was considered to be “male”/“female” and how those categories created binary contrasts, and how those in turn created a power imbalance between the above two sexes. The theoretical framework focuses on male dominance and the thesis uses different scholarly work in the search for how they present the male as constructed as normal/virtue/active/culture, and the female as abnormal/vice/passive/nature. The notion of ethics and morals in the thesis is seen as part of the cultural identity and throughout the thesis arguments is found to conclude the fact that all parts of the medieval life was under the control of a hegemonic masculinity. The main research results achieved demonstrates female subordination based on the concepts above as self-evident and as being a fundamental part of the medieval female identity.

Keywords: male dominance, hegemony, sexuality, gender, Middle Ages/medieval,
binary contrasts}},
  author       = {{Hellqvist, Sara}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Syndiga kvinnor och dygdiga män : Medeltida sexualetik i Europa}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}