Vessels of Ignominy: Gender and "Race" as Rhetorical Shaming Devices

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Holly R. Silvers

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

Presider Name

Holly R. Silvers

Paper Title 1

A Mamaea’s Boy: Gendered Language and Imperial Authority under Alexander Severus

Presenter 1 Name

Karl E. Baughman

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Concordia College

Paper Title 2

Monstrosity and Faith, Gender and Reason: Ecclesia and Synagogue in Hildegard of Bingen’s Scivias

Presenter 2 Name

Christina V. Cedillo-Tootalian

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Northeastern State Univ.-Broken Arrow

Paper Title 3

“A noble knight and a mighty man": Palomydes's Saracen Chivalry in Malory's The Book of Tristram de Lyones (1485)

Presenter 3 Name

John W. Ellis-Etchison

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Rice Univ.

Start Date

10-5-2012 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 2335