Intoxicating Bodies I: Alcohol, Femininity, and Sex(uality)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Dept. of English, Temple Univ.

Organizer Name

Sarah Baechle; Carissa M. Harris

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Mississippi; Temple Univ.

Presider Name

Tara Mendola

Presider Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Paper Title 1

"Better the thrust of knees and elbows, / by Mary, than long buying of mead": Alcohol, Consent, and Rape Culture in Late Medieval Wales

Presenter 1 Name

Kristen Mills

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. i Oslo

Paper Title 2

Wine, Disorderly Women, and Sexuality: The Case of Iberia

Presenter 2 Name

Min Ji Kang

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Purdue Univ.

Paper Title 3

"I Would Drink Her (Holy?) Bathwater": Saint Brigid of Kildare, Gendered Sanctity, and the Transfiguring Power of Beer

Presenter 3 Name

Harold C. Zimmerman

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Indiana Univ. Southeast

Start Date

10-5-2018 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1345

Description

This session explores the relationships between women, illicit sexuality, and alcohol in texts from medieval Wales, Ireland, and Iberia.

Carissa M. Harris