Sadomasochism as a Premodern Practice?
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Society for the Study of Homosexuality in the Middle Ages (SSHMA)
Organizer Name
Graham N. Drake, Lochin Brouillard
Organizer Affiliation
SUNY-Geneseo, Univ. of Toronto
Presider Name
Lochin Brouillard
Paper Title 1
Nightmares as Phantasies and Pain as Pleasure in Pieces of Medieval Poetry? Re-challenging Monk of Evensham's Vision and William Dunbar's Dance of the Seven Deadly Sins
Presenter 1 Name
Tom Linkinen
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Turun Yliopisto
Paper Title 2
Margery Kempe and BDSM: Masochist Submission to Christ
Presenter 2 Name
Nicole Slipp
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Queen's Univ.
Paper Title 3
The Bædling: The Pre-modern Submissive?
Presenter 3 Name
Christopher Vaccaro
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of Vermont
Start Date
16-5-2015 10:00 AM
Session Location
Bernhard Brown & Gold Room
Description
This session examines the relationship between the giving and receiving of pleasure and pain in medieval discourses and practices. Martyrs braving their tormentors, knights bearing humiliation for their beloved, and ascetics engaged in self-mortification figure in the attempt problematize the representation of pleasurable pain or painful pleasure in the Middle Ages. Related work by medievalists (Robert Mills, Karmen MacKendrick) sheds light on many premodern notions and practices that relate to and complicate modern sexuality. This session invites explorations in history, literature, art history, and theology to reflect on medieval conceptions and performances of pain and pleasure.
Graham N. Drake
Sadomasochism as a Premodern Practice?
Bernhard Brown & Gold Room
This session examines the relationship between the giving and receiving of pleasure and pain in medieval discourses and practices. Martyrs braving their tormentors, knights bearing humiliation for their beloved, and ascetics engaged in self-mortification figure in the attempt problematize the representation of pleasurable pain or painful pleasure in the Middle Ages. Related work by medievalists (Robert Mills, Karmen MacKendrick) sheds light on many premodern notions and practices that relate to and complicate modern sexuality. This session invites explorations in history, literature, art history, and theology to reflect on medieval conceptions and performances of pain and pleasure.
Graham N. Drake