Intoxicating Bodies II: Alcohol, Gender, 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

Sarah Baechle

Paper Title 1

Intoxication, Consent, and Victim-Blaming from the Wycliffite Bible to the Brock Turner Case

Presenter 1 Name

Carissa M. Harris

Paper Title 2

"In women vinolent is no defence, This knowen lecchours by experience": The Wife of Bath and Rape Culture

Presenter 2 Name

Drew Maxwell

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Edinburgh

Start Date

10-5-2018 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1345

Description

This session explores the relationships between gender, illicit sexuality, consent, and alcohol in texts from late medieval England in conversation with prominent recent legal cases.

Carissa M. Harris