Medieval Games and Gender

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Game Cultures Society

Organizer Name

Betsy McCormick

Organizer Affiliation

Mount San Antonio College

Presider Name

Betsy McCormick

Paper Title 1

Playing at the Margins: Gender and Jesting in Early Print Editions of Chaucer

Presenter 1 Name

Hope Johnston

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Baylor Univ.

Paper Title 2

King or Queen? Who Holds the Power?

Presenter 2 Name

Stavros Stavroulias

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Waterloo

Paper Title 3

Huntsman or Daughter: Subverted Gaming Roles in Pearl

Presenter 3 Name

Clint Morrison

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Texas Tech Univ.

Paper Title 4

Playing at Manhood: Perkyn Revelour, Sir Topaz, and Gendered Games in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Presenter 4 Name

Christopher Flavin

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Northeastern State Univ.-Tahlequah

Start Date

12-5-2017 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1220

Description

The playing of games extends beyond the temporal and spatial borders of the game space into aesthetic, ethical, cultural, and social functions. Many medieval games focus on gender; for example, games like the querrelle des femmes and demande d'amours, are gendered structures. This session seeks proposals from a variety of theoretical perspectives to showcase the relationship between medieval games and gender.

Betsy McCormick